Definition of "sulphureous" []

• Sulphurous (adjective)

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• "Pg. 114 and 115, "sulphureous" is also spelled "sulphurous" on page 44."
• "The three died after the lightning bolt shattered the main top mast "which acted as its conductor and issued a most sulphureous stench", and "every man on deck knocked down, many of whom cried out their leg or arm were broke from the violence of the shock"."
• "Glad he was when, at length, after this wild race, he beheld the holy man who had led it standing in front of a cavern, with a large torch in his hand, composed of a piece of wood dipped in bitumen, which cast a broad and flickering light, and emitted a strong sulphureous smell."