English Explanatory Dictionary

Kremnitz white

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of French white (“an especially pure form of lead oxide, particularly as used for paints.”).

Word forms

Kremnitz white Cremnitz white

Etymology

From confusion of Kremnitz in Austria-Hungary (now Kremnica, Slovakia) with Krems, Austria, the actual location of the galena mines that previously produced exceptionally pure white lead.

Synonyms

French white
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