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Sulphury

Sulphury \Sul"phur*y\, a. Resembling, or partaking of the nature of, sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur.

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sulphury

a. (alternative spelling of sulfury English)

Usage examples of "sulphury".

When in larger amounts, they not only yield large buttons, but also render the metal sulphury, sometimes even giving a button of regulus instead of lead.

The sulphury tang of exhausts mingled with the decay breathed up from the water and the weeds.

The distinctive sulphury smell of the infernal chymical mingled with the usual harbor odors of decaying fish, tar, stale beer, and human waste.

A faint sulphury odor wafted in from the open window, infusing the damp, metallic scent of rain.

The torches at bow and stern of the boat flickered in the sulphury breeze, sometimes casting only a dim red glow and at others flaring up to illuminate starkly every stone of the arched ceiling passing by close overhead.