White Lead

"I had no time! I had to mess about with white lead and strips of woolen blanket helping to put bandages on those leaky steam pipes" (33)

White lead is a white powder that is used as a a putty when oil is added to it. It is heavy and a basic lead carbonate, 2PbCO3·Pb(OH)2.

~The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth EditionCopyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.