Definition of "stibium" [‖Stib•i•um]

• Antimony (noun)
• Kohl: stibnite used in ancient Egypt and Rome for eye cosmetics. (noun)

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• "Its chemical symbol, Sb, is derived from the Latin word stibium, which was the name of the most common antimony mineral, stibnite."
• "-- The word stibium signifies the antimony, from whence, by the philosophical fire, is taken an alkali which we empty in our grand work."
• "From the Gr. or is the Lat. stibium; while the Low"