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Noun: brimstone  'brim,stown
Usage: archaic
  1. An old name for sulphur
    "The air was thick with the smell of brimstone";
    - native sulfur, native sulphur

Derived forms: brimstones

Type of: atomic number 16, S, sulfur [N. Amer], sulphur [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Brimstone, Ontario