【化】 铅白; 碳酸铅白

White \White\, n.
1. The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of
bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all
colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note
under {Color}, n., 1.

Finely attired in a of white. --Shak.

2. Something having the color of snow; something white, or
nearly so; as, the white of the eye.

3. Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery,
which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at
which a missile is shot.

'T was I won the wager, though you hit the white.
--Shak.

4. A person with a white skin; a member of the white, or
Caucasian, races of men.

5. A white pigment; as, Venice white.

6. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of butterflies
belonging to {Pieris}, and allied genera in which the
color is usually white. See {Cabbage butterfly}, under
{Cabbage}.

{Black and white}. See under {Black}.

{Flake white}, {Paris white}, etc. See under {Flack},
{Paris}, etc.

{White of a seed} (Bot.), the albumen. See {Albumen}, 2.

{White of egg}, the viscous pellucid fluid which surrounds
the yolk in an egg, particularly in the egg of a fowl. In
a hen's egg it is alkaline, and contains about 86 per cent
of water and 14 per cent of solid matter, the greater
portion of which is egg albumin. It likewise contains a
small amount of globulin, and traces of fats and sugar,
with some inorganic matter. Heated above 60[deg] C. it
coagulates to a solid mass, owing to the albumin which it
contains. --Parr.

{White of the eye} (Anat.), the white part of the ball of the
eye surrounding the transparent cornea.


Flake \Flake\ (fl[=a]k), n. [Cf. Icel. flakna to flake off,
split, flagna to flake off, Sw. flaga flaw, flake, flake
plate, Dan. flage snowflake. Cf. {Flag} a flat stone.]
1. A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a
film; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow,
tallow, or fish. ``Lottle flakes of scurf.'' --Addison.

Great flakes of ice encompassing our boat. --Evelyn.

2. A little particle of lighted or incandescent matter,
darted from a fire; a flash.

With flakes of ruddy fire. --Somerville.

3. (Bot.) A sort of carnation with only two colors in the
flower, the petals having large stripes.

4. a person who behaves strangely; a flaky[2] person.
[Colloq.]
[PJC]

{Flake knife} (Arch[ae]ol.), a cutting instrument used by
savage tribes, made of a flake or chip of hard stone.
--Tylor.

{Flake stand}, the cooling tub or vessel of a still worm.
--Knight.

{Flake white}. (Paint.)
(a) The purest white lead, in the form of flakes or
scales.
(b) The trisnitrate of bismuth. --Ure.