Obs. Also [6 wisemute], 7 wismut, wismodt. = BISMUTH.
[1587. Harrison, England, III. xi. 238/2, in Holinshed. A mettall … the verie same which Encelius calleth Plumbum cinereum, the Germans wisemute, mithan, & counterfeie.]
1650. J. F[rench], Chym. Dict., Wismodt is [printed in] Tin that is foule and immalleable, and cannot be wrought upon.
1651. French, Distill., v. 168. Common copper makes a sea-green; Wismut common blew.
1783. Phil. Trans., LXXIII. 83. Wismuth forms a slight precipitate in the nitrous solution of arsenic.
