Calomel : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Calomel	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Calomel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
calomel n a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic Synonym(s): calomel, mercurous chloride
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Aquila \[d8]Aq"ui*la\, n.; pl. {Aquil[91]}. [L., an eagle.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A genus of eagles. 2. (Astron.) A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle. {Aquila alba} [L., white eagle], an alchemical name of {calomel}. --Brande & C.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Calomel \Cal"o*mel\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?][?][?] beautiful + [?][?][?][?][?] black. So called from its being white, though made from a black mixture of mercury and corrosive sublimate. Cf. F. calom[82]las.] (Chem.) Mild chloride of mercury, {Hg2Cl2}, a heavy, white or yellowish white substance, insoluble and tasteless, much used in medicine as a mercurial and purgative; mercurous chloride. It occurs native as the mineral horn quicksilver.