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Noun: sugar of lead
  1. A poisonous white solid (Pb[CH3CO]2) used in dyeing cotton and in making enamels and varnishes
    - lead acetate

Derived forms: sugars of lead

Type of: acetate, dye, dyestuff, ethanoate

Encyclopedia: Sugar of lead