sugar of lead

[ led ]
/ lɛd /

noun Chemistry.

Origin of sugar of lead

First recorded in 1655–65

Example sentences from the Web for sugar of lead

  • Washing the ulcerated parts with warm soap-suds, copperas, and sugar-of-lead may follow.

    Domestic Animals |Richard L. Allen

British Dictionary definitions for sugar of lead

sugar of lead
/ (lɛd) /

noun

another name for lead acetate