Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MO-LYB-DE'NUM
MO-LYB-DE'NUM, n.
A metal which has not been reduced into masses of any magnitude, but has been obtained only in small separate globules, in a blackish, brilliant mass. These are brittle and extremely infusible. Nicholson. Ure. The most common natural compound of this metal is sulphuret. Brande.
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