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Webster 1913 Edition
Sinopite
Sin′o-pite
,Noun.
[F., fr. L.
sinopis
(sc. terra
), a red earth or ocher found in Sinope
, a town in Paphlagoma, on the Black Sea, Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK].] (Min.)
A brick-red ferruginous clay used by the ancients for red paint.
Definition 2024
sinopite
sinopite
English
Noun
sinopite (usually uncountable, plural sinopites)
- (mineralogy) A brick-red ferruginous clay used as red paint in ancient times.