Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Copper calcined with brimstone or white vitriol, used in coloring glass.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Copper sulphide, used to color glass.

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  • noun copper sulphide, used to colour glass

Etymologies

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Italian ferretto di Spagna, diminutive of ferro iron, from Latin ferrum.

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