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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[L.

sandix

sandyx

, vermilion, or a color like vermilion, Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK].]

A kind of minium, or red lead, made by calcining carbonate of lead, but inferior to true minium.

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sandyx

[Obs.]

Noun.

A kind of minium or red lead, made of ceruse, but inferior to the true minium.

sandix ‎(uncountable)

(obsolete) A kind of minium, or red lead, made by calcining carbonate of lead, but inferior to true minium.