Definition of Massecot
Mas"si*cot (?), n. [F. massicot;
E. masticot is a corruption.] (Chem.) Lead
protoxide, PbO, obtained as a yellow amorphous powder, the fused and
crystalline form of which is called litharge; lead ocher. It
is used as a pigment.
&fist; Massicot is sometimes used by painters, and also as
a drier in the composition of ointments and plasters.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (Chemistry): Lead protoxide, PbO, obtained as a yellow amorphous powder, the fused and crystalline form of which is called litharge; lead ocher. It is used as a pigment, but now preferred is Lead monoxide; also, lead oxide yellow, as opposed to red lead, which is lead tetroxide Pb3O4.
Note Massicot is sometimes used by painters, and also as a drier in the composition of ointments and plasters.
Quotations
*1952: Besides orpiment, already referred to, one occasionally gets mention of massicot, a yellow lead paint. — L.F. Salzman, Building in England, p. 169.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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