Sulphur
['sʌlfə]
Definition
(verb.) treat with sulphur in order to preserve; 'These dried fruits are sulphured'.
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Definition
(n.) A nonmetallic element occurring naturally in large quantities, either combined as in the sulphides (as pyrites) and sulphates (as gypsum), or native in volcanic regions, in vast beds mixed with gypsum and various earthy materials, from which it is melted out. Symbol S. Atomic weight 32. The specific gravity of ordinary octohedral sulphur is 2.05; of prismatic sulphur, 1.96.
(n.) Any one of numerous species of yellow or orange butterflies of the subfamily Pierinae; as, the clouded sulphur (Eurymus, / Colias, philodice), which is the common yellow butterfly of the Eastern United States.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Brimstone.[2]. [An abbreviated term of commerce.] Flowers of sulphur, sublimed brimstone.
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Definition
n. a yellow mineral substance very brittle fusible and inflammable: brimstone.—n. Sul′phate a salt formed by sulphuric acid with a base.—v.t. to form a deposit of lead sulphate on.—adj. Sulphat′ic.—ns. Sul′phatile native sulphuric acid; Sul′phide a combination of sulphur with a metal; Sul′phite a salt formed by sulphurous acid.—v.t. Sul′phūrāte to combine with or subject to the action of sulphur.—ns. Sulphūrā′tion the act or operation of subjecting to the action of sulphur or sulphurous acid; Sulphurā′tor an apparatus for sulphurating.—adj. Sulphū′rēous consisting of containing or having the qualities of sulphur.—adv. Sulphū′reously.—ns. Sulphū′reousness; Sul′phūret a combination of sulphur with an alkali earth or metal.—adjs. Sul′phūretted having sulphur in combination; Sulphū′ric pertaining to or obtained from sulphur: denoting a certain well-known strong acid formerly called oil of vitriol; Sul′phūrous pertaining to resembling or containing sulphur: denoting the pungent acid given out when sulphur is burned in air; Sul′phury partaking of the qualities of sulphur.—Sulphuretted hydrogen a compound of sulphur and hydrogen stinking and noxious; Sulphurous acid an acid formed by one equivalent of sulphur combined with two of oxygen.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of sulphur, warns you to use much discretion in your dealings, as you are threatened with foul play. To see sulphur burning, is ominous of great care attendant upon your wealth. To eat sulphur, indicates good health and consequent pleasure.
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Examples
- On June 15, 1844, Mr. Goodyear took out his celebrated patent, No. 3,633, covering this process, in which he not only used sulphur, but added a proportion of white lead. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- These Instantaneous Lights are made without sulphur, consequently the disagreeable smell of the common Lucifer is avoided. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- He concluded that anything which could be created indefinitely by a process of friction could not be a substance, such as sulphur or hydrogen, but must be a mode of motion. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Vulcanization is simply the heating of the rubber mixed with sulphur--this causes a chemical change in the substance; it becomes tougher, more elastic and less affected by heat and cold. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Gunpowder consists of about 75 parts of saltpetre (nitrate of potash), 15 of charcoal, and 10 of sulphur, the proportions varying somewhat with the use to which it is to be applied. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The walls of the ditch were brilliant with yellow banks of sulphur and with lava and pumice-stone of many colors. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He also proposed to use vulcanised rubber, thus utilising the then very recent discovery of Goodyear of mixing sulphur with soft rubber, and to apply the same to the canvas lining. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I was in the dark-room, where I had a lot of chloride of sulphur, a very corrosive liquid. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Sulphur affected the color and substance. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- A strip of copper and a strip of zinc are placed in a glass containing dilute sulphuric acid, a solution composed of oxygen, hydrogen, sulphur, and water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Objects, such as furniture, which cannot be boiled, are disinfected by the use of any one of several chemicals, such as sulphur, carbolic acid, chloride of lime, corrosive sublimate, etc. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The art of compounding it was concealed at Constantinople with the greatest care, but it appears that naphtha, sulphur and nitre entered into its composition. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This class of foods contains carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen, and in addition, two substances not found in carbohydrates or fats--namely, sulphur and nitrogen. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He held in his hand a mass of his compound of sulphur and gum, upon which he was expatiating in his usual vehement manner, the company exhibiting the indifference to which he was accustomed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The splints are collected into bundles of one thousand, and each end having been dipped into melted sulphur, they are divided in the middle by a circular saw. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
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