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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[It., from

giallo

yellow, prob. fr. OHG.

gelo

, G.

gelb

; akin to E.

yellow

A term variously employed by early writers on art, though commonly designating the yellow oxide of lead, or massicot.

Fairholt.

Noun.

[Eng. yellow.] A fine yellow pigment much used under the name of Naples Yellow.

giallolino ‎(uncountable)

(art, obsolete) The yellow oxide of lead, or massicot.
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