• (n.) A kind of minium, or red lead, made by calcining carbonate of lead, but inferior to true minium.
San'dix noun [ Latin sandix , sandyx , vermilion, or a color like vermilion, Greek ..., ....] A kind of minium, or red lead, made by calcining carbonate of lead, but inferior to true minium. [ Written also sandyx .] [ Obsolete]