GALENA

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A remedy or antidose for poison; theriaca. [Obs.] Parr.

2.
n.

Lead sulphide; the principal ore of lead. It is of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, and is cubic in crystallization and cleavage. False galena. See Blende.

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