Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SAT'URN-ITE
SAT'URN-ITE, n.
A metallic substance of recent discovery, separated from lead in torrefaction, resembling lead in its color, weight, solubility in acids, &c. but more fusible and brittle; easily scorified and volatilized. – Kirwan. Nicholson. Encyc.
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