limaille
English
Etymology
French limaille
Noun
limaille (uncountable)
- (dentistry, obsolete) Bits of waste metal mixed with bone, dust, etc.; lemel.
- 1833, John Forbes, The Cyclopaedia of Practical Medicine:
- This absence of blood, which was in accordance with the external phenomena, led to the disuse of mercury, and to the substitution of the internal use of iron, ( limaille porphyrisée, ) in the dose of a “gros" daily, under the form of opiate, with tonics.
- 1858, Transactions of the Odontological Society of Great Britain (page 19)
- [I]f, therefore, a measured half-pint of limaille be submitted to the process, however rich or poor in quality, four fluid ounces of hydrochloric acid and sixteen of water would be such proportions as I think would meet every case.
- 1858, Quarterly Journal of Dental Science - Volume 1, page 379:
- I have with much pleasure listened to Mr. Bennett's paper on refining gold, and the reduction of limaille, but as I consider every dentist may not have the means of applying the dry process, allow me to state the mode I recommend, as being the less elaborate, and the less expensive. Limaille generally consists of gold, silver, iron, lead, tin, zinc, and bone filings.
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French
Etymology
From limer + -aille.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /li.maj/, /li.mɑj/
Audio (file)
Noun
limaille f (plural limailles)
- metal filings
Related terms
- lime
Further reading
- “limaille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.