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[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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Brimstone \Brim"stone\, a.
Made of, or pertaining to, brimstone; as, brimstone matches.
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From his brimstone bed at break of day
A-walking the devil has gone. --Coleridge.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
brimstone
n 1: an old name for sulfur [syn: brimstone, native sulfur,
native sulphur]