Min'i-ūm, n.

(Synop., §130), n. [Lat. minium, a Spanish word, the Romans drawing all their cinnabar from Spain; Basque armineâ, Pr. mini, minio, mino, Sp., Pg., & It. minio, Fr. minium.] A pigment of a beautiful red color, consisting of two equivalents of the protoxide of lead, and one equivalent of the peroxide; red lead.