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Brimstone

Brimstone Meaning & Definition
Brimstone Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Brimstone?

[n] an old name for sulfur

Synonyms | Synonyms for Brimstone: native sulfur

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See Also | atomic number 16 | S | sulfur | sulphur

Brimstone In Webster's Dictionary

\Brim"stone\, n. [OE. brimston, bremston, bernston, brenston; cf. Icel. brennistein. See {Burn}, v. t., and {Stone}.] Sulphur; See {Sulphur}.
\Brim"stone\, a. Made of, or pertaining to, brimstone; as, brimstone matches. From his brimstone bed at break of day A-walking the devil has gone. --Coleridge.

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