Brimstone
41brimstone — noun Etymology: Middle English brinston, probably from birnen to burn + ston stone Date: 12th century sulfur …
42brimstone — brimstony, adj. /brim stohn /, n. 1. sulfur. 2. a virago; shrew. [bef. 1150; ME brinston, etc., late OE brynstan. See BURN1, STONE] * * * …
43brimstone — SYN: sulfur. [A.S. brinnan, to burn] * * * brim·stone brim .stōn n SULFUR …
44brimstone — The colourful word of AV retained by REB and NJB but changed to ‘sulphur’ in NRSV (Gen. 19:24) for the burning yellow stones hurled down on Sodom and Gomorrah: just the sort of volcanic material found in the Dead Sea valley …
45brimstone — brim|stone [ brım,stoun ] noun uncount an old word meaning sulfur …
46brimstone — see SULPHUR …
47brimstone — sulfur …
48brimstone — sb. Body and Soul, 219 …
49brimstone — brim·stone || brɪmstÉ™n n. sulfur adj. made of sulphur, sulphuric …
50brimstone — [ brɪmst(ə)n, stəʊn] noun 1》 archaic sulphur. 2》 a large butterfly, the male of which is bright yellow and the female greenish white. [Gonepteryx rhamni.] Origin OE brynstān, prob. from bryne burning + stān stone …