1. Of or pertaining to antimony. Antimonial cups, made of glass of antimony, to communicate emetic qualities to wine.
1605. Timme, Quersit., I. xvi. 79. Spirits mercuriall, arsenical, and antimonial.
1712. Blackmore, Creation, IV. (1715), 124 (J.).
| Tho’ Antimonial Cups prepar’d with Art, | |
| Their Force to Wine thro’ Ages should impart. |
1754. Lewis, in Phil. Trans., XLVIII. 688. It increases the hardness of zinc, and the antimonial semimetal, but not of bismuth.
1865. Daily Tel., 8 July, 3/3. If his wife died under the effects of antimonial poison.
2. Containing antimony in combination; as in the names of many minerals, e.g., antimonial arsenic, copper, nickel, ochre. Antimonial wine: sherry containing tartar emetic (tartarated antimony).
1771. Smollett, Humph. Cl., 827/2. To forward the operation of the antimonial wine.
1788. Edinb. New Disp. (1791), 97. The antimonial caustic of the shops.
1875. Ure, Dict. Arts, I. 199. In the works where antimonial ores are smelted.
B. sb. A medicine containing antimony.
1727–51. Chambers, Cycl., Antimonials are chiefly of an emetic tendency.
1754. Phil. Trans., XLVIII. 832. A physician, who prescrib’d antimonials, was expelled the faculty.
1875. H. Wood, Therap., 512. Antimonials act as diuretics.
