dial. Also -ement. [Corruption of SUBLIMATE.] Corrosive sublimate. Also silver suppliment.
1809. Parkins, Culpepper’s Eng. Phys. Enlarged, 385. How to take away little red pimples from the face. Take two ounces of lemon juice, two ounces of rose water, two drachms of silver suppliment.
1886. Cheshire Gloss., s.v., A chemist, if asked for supplement, would perfectly well understand what was wanted.
