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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an old name for sulfur;
[syn: brimstone, native sulfur, native sulphur]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Brimstone \Brim"stone\, n. [OE. brimston, bremston, bernston, brenston; cf. Icel. brennistein. See Burn, v. t., and Stone.] Sulphur; See Sulphur. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Brimstone \Brim"stone\, a. Made of, or pertaining to, brimstone; as, brimstone matches. [1913 Webster] From his brimstone bed at break of day A-walking the devil has gone. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

brimstone n 1: an old name for sulfur [syn: brimstone, native sulfur, native sulphur]