cobaltou

n. [ G. kobalt, prob. fr. kobold, kobel, goblin, MHG. kobolt; perh. akin to G. koben pigsty, hut, AS. cofa room, cofgodas household gods, Icel. kofi hut. If so, the ending -old stands for older -walt, -wald, being the same as -ald in E. herald and the word would mean ruler or governor in a house, house spirit, the metal being so called by miners, because it was poisonous and troublesome. Cf. Kobold, Cove, Goblin. ] 1. (Chem.) A tough, lustrous, reddish white metal of the iron group, not easily fusible, and somewhat magnetic. Atomic weight 59.1. Symbol Co. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It occurs in nature in combination with arsenic, sulphur, and oxygen, and is obtained from its ores, smaltite, cobaltite, asbolite, etc. Its oxide colors glass or any flux, as borax, a fine blue, and is used in the manufacture of smalt. It is frequently associated with nickel, and both are characteristic ingredients of meteoric iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A commercial name of a crude arsenic used as fly poison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cobalt bloom. Same as Erythrite. --
Cobalt blue, a dark blue pigment consisting of some salt of cobalt, as the phosphate, ignited with alumina; -- called also cobalt ultramarine, and Thenard's blue. --
Cobalt crust, earthy arseniate of cobalt. --
Cobalt glance. (Min.) See Cobaltite. --
Cobalt green, a pigment consisting essentially of the oxides of cobalt and zinc; -- called also Rinman's green. --
Cobalt yellow (Chem.), a yellow crystalline powder, regarded as a double nitrite of cobalt and potassium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. cobaltique. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cobalt; -- said especially of those compounds in which cobalt has higher valence; as, cobaltic oxide. [ 1913 Webster ]

Luteo-cobaltic compounds (Chem.), an extensive series of complex yellow compounds of ammonia and cobaltic salts. --
Roseo-cobaltic compounds (Chem.), an extensive series of complex red compounds of cobalt and ammonia. Modifications of these are the purpureo-cobaltic compounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cobalt + -ferous. ] (Min.) Containing cobalt. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. cobaltique. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cobalt; -- said especially of those compounds in which cobalt has higher valence; as, cobaltic oxide. [ 1913 Webster ]

Luteo-cobaltic compounds (Chem.), an extensive series of complex yellow compounds of ammonia and cobaltic salts. --
Roseo-cobaltic compounds (Chem.), an extensive series of complex red compounds of cobalt and ammonia. Modifications of these are the purpureo-cobaltic compounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cobalt + -ferous. ] (Min.) Containing cobalt. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. (Min.) A mineral of a nearly silver-white color, composed of arsenic, sulphur, and cobalt. [ 1913 Webster ]