rhusma
English
Etymology
See rusma.
Noun
rhusma (usually uncountable, plural rhusmas)
- A mixture of caustic lime and orpiment, or tersulphide of arsenic, used in the depilation of hides.
References
- Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Rhusma”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.
- “rhusma”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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