Galena
[gə'liːnə]
Definition
(noun.) soft blue-grey mineral; lead sulfide; a major source of lead.
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Definition
(n.) A remedy or antidose for poison; theriaca.
(n.) Lead sulphide; the principal ore of lead. It is of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, and is cubic in crystallization and cleavage.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Native sulphuret of lead.
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Definition
n. a mineral which is essentially a sulphide of lead—also Galē′nite.—adjs. Galē′nic -al Galē′noid.
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Examples
- The quota of Illinois had been fixed at six regiments; and it was supposed that one company would be as much as would be accepted from Galena. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- While living in Galena I was nominally only a clerk supporting myself and family on a stipulated salary. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I also wanted to take one man from my new home, Galena. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Fred was already on his way up the Mississippi bound for Dubuque, Iowa, from which place there was a railroad to Galena. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I now withdrew from the co-partnership with Boggs, and, in May, 1860, removed to Galena, Illinois, and took a clerkship in my father's store. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- GALENA, ILLINOIS, May 24, 1861. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The ladies of Galena were quite as patriotic as the men. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In time the Galena company was mustered into the United States service, forming a part of the 11th Illinois volunteer infantry. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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