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Definition: ALQUIFOU

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A lead ore found in Cornwall, England, and used by potters to give a green glaze to their wares; potter's ore.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Alquifou" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: ALQUIFOU

Domain Definition
Mining A coarse-grained variety of galena used by potters in preparing a green glaze. (references)
Wikipedic Alquifou (etymologically the same word as "alcohol"), is a lead ore found in Cornwall, England, used by potters for its green glaze. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Extended Definition: ALQUIFOU

Alquifou

Alquifou (based, along with the word alcohol, on the Arabic word "al-kuhl"), is a lead ore found in Cornwall, England, used by potters for its green glaze.

References

  • This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

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