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cinnabar

cin.na.bar \'sin-*-.ba:r\ \-.ba:r-.i-n, -.e-n\ n [ME cynabare, fr. MF & L; 
   MF cenobre, fr. L cinnabaris, fr. G]k kinnabari of non-IE origin; akin to 
   Ar zinjafr cinnabar 1: native red mercuric sulfide Hgs that is the only 
   important ore of mercur y 2: artificial red mercuric sulfide used esp. as a 
   pigment  - cin.na.bar.ine aj