Chem. [f. LITH-IUM + -IC.] Pertaining to lithium. Lithic paint (see quot.).
1875. Knight, Dict. Mech., Lithic Paint, a mastic of petalite (which contains an alkali known as lithia), sand, and litharge, used as a coating for walls.
1878. Lockyer, Spectrum Analysis, vi. (ed. 2), 160. Lithic Iodide gave the red line of this metal extending all across the spectrum.
