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BRIMSTONE
brimstone, native sulfur, native sulphur
(noun) an old name for sulfur
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
brimstone (countable and uncountable, plural brimstones)
The sulfur of Hell; Hell, damnation.
(obsolete) Sulfur.
(obsolete) A whore.
(archaic) Used attributively as an intensifier in exclamations.
The butterfly Gonepteryx rhamni of the Pieridae family.
Anagrams
• strombine
Source: Wiktionary
Brim"stone, n. Etym: [OE. brimston, bremston, bernston, brenston; cf. Icel. brennistein. See Burn, v. t., and Stone.]
Definition: Sulphur; See Sulphur.
Brim"stone, a.
Definition: Made of, or pertaining to, brimstone; as, brimstone matches. From his brimstone bed at break of day A-walking the devil has gone. Coleridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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