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English
Etymology
From French limaille.
Noun
limaille (uncountable)
- (dentistry, obsolete) Bits of waste metal mixed with bone, dust, etc.; lemel.
1833, John Forbes, The Cyclopaedia of Practical Medicine:This absence of blood, which was in accordance with the external phenomena, led to the disuse of mercury, and to the substitution of the internal use of iron, ( limaille porphyrisée, ) in the dose of a “gros" daily, under the form of opiate, with tonics.
1858, Transactions of the Odontological Society of Great Britain, page 19:[I]f, therefore, a measured half-pint of limaille be submitted to the process, however rich or poor in quality, four fluid ounces of hydrochloric acid and sixteen of water would be such proportions as I think would meet every case.
1858, Quarterly Journal of Dental Science - Volume 1, page 379:I have with much pleasure listened to Mr. Bennett's paper on refining gold, and the reduction of limaille, but as I consider every dentist may not have the means of applying the dry process, allow me to state the mode I recommend, as being the less elaborate, and the less expensive. Limaille generally consists of gold, silver, iron, lead, tin, zinc, and bone filings.
French
Etymology
From limer + -aille.
Pronunciation
Noun
limaille f (plural limailles)
- metal filings
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