vesbium

See also: Vesbium

English

Etymology

From Latin Vesuvius, contracted to Vesbius, -ium.

Noun

vesbium (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) A supposed rare metallic element extracted from Vesuvian lava, of uncertain composition.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “vesbium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)