Emily Dickinson Lexicon

POM'PHO-LYX, n. [L. from Gr. πομφολυξ; πομφος, a tumor; πεμφιξ, a blast, a puff, a bubble, a pustule. See Pomp.]

The white oxyd which sublimes during the combustion of zink; called flowers of zink. It rises and adheres to the dome of the furnace and the covers of the crucibles. – Hill. Nicholson. Ure.