porporino

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Definition von porporino im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A composition of quicksilver, tin, and sulphur, forming a yellow powder, sometimes used by mediæval artists, for the sake of economy, instead of gold

The quality or state of

Also called pigeon wood, beefwood, and corkwood

A young hog; a pig

The coarse-grained brownish yellow wood of a small tree (Pisonia obtusata) of Florida and the West Indies

A treatise on prostitutes, or prostitution

Licentious painting or literature; especially, the painting anciently employed to decorate the walls of rooms devoted to bacchanalian orgies

A pig; a porket

Lascivious; licentious

Of or pertaining to pornography; lascivious; licentious; as, pornographic writing