Definitions for litharge

litharge lith·arge

Spelling: [lith-ahrj, li-thahrj]
IPA: /ˈlɪθ ɑrdʒ, lɪˈθɑrdʒ/

Litharge is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 382 anagrams from letters in litharge (aeghilrt).

Definitions for litharge

noun

  1. a yellowish or reddish, odorless, heavy, earthy, water-insoluble, poisonous solid, PbO, used chiefly in the manufacture of storage batteries, pottery, lead glass, paints, enamels, and inks.

Origin of litharge

1350-1400; earlier litarge, litharge, Middle English litarge Middle French, apocopated variant of litargire Latin lithargyrus Greek lithárgyros spume of silver, equivalent to lith- Examples for litharge

The heat ought never to be urged so far as to melt the litharge.

For my part I have found litharge, which is nothing else but lead, for a pound of litharge, you shall extract 14.

Other forms substitute an equal weight of litharge for the graphite.

In this passage there is no mention of litharge, but of other mixtures.

The Latin term for litharge is spuma argenti, spume of silver.

It is manufactured in two forms, known as “massicot” and “litharge.”

Another way is to take two unciae of ore, a semi-uncia of litharge, two drachmae of Venetian glass and a semi-uncia of saltpetre.

Afterward he tamps the channel through which the litharge discharges.

The best solvents of litharge are nitric acid and acetic acid.

In the proportion of an ounce of litharge to a quart of oil.

Word Value for litharge
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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