rhusma

English

Etymology

See rusma.

Noun

rhusma (usually uncountable, plural rhusmas)

  1. A mixture of caustic lime and orpiment, or tersulphide of arsenic, used in the depilation of hides.

References
  • 1874, Edward H. Knight, American Mechanical Dictionary
  • rhusma in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams
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