FLAKE-WHITE
\flˈe͡ɪkwˈa͡ɪt], \flˈeɪkwˈaɪt], \f_l_ˈeɪ_k_w_ˈaɪ_t]\
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In painting, (a) the purest white-lead, in the form of scales or plates, sometimes gray on the surface-when levigated, called "body white"; (b) basic nitrate of bismuth, or pearl-white.
By Daniel Lyons
By Henry Percy Smith
