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Webster 1913 Edition

Sinopite

Sin′o-pite

,

Noun.

[F., fr. L.

sinopis

(sc.

terra

), a red earth or ocher found in

Sinope

, a town in Paphlagoma, on the Black Sea, Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK].]

(Min.)

A brick-red ferruginous clay used by the ancients for red paint.