{ } n. A red pigment made from sinopite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. sinopis (sc. terra), a red earth or ocher found in Sinope, a town in Paphlagoma, on the Black Sea, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. ] (Min.) A brick-red ferruginous clay used by the ancients for red paint. [ 1913 Webster ]