From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Brimstone \Brim"stone\, noun [OE. brimston, bremston, bernston, brenston; cf. Icel. brennistein. See {Burn}, verb (used with an object), and {Stone}.] Sulphur; See {Sulphur}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Brimstone \Brim"stone\, adjective Made of, or pertaining to, brimstone; as, brimstone matches.
From his brimstone bed at break of day A-walking the devil has gone. --Coleridge.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: an old name for sulfur [syn: {native sulfur}, {native sulphur}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Brimstone an inflammable mineral substance found in quantities on the shores of the Dead Sea. The cities of the plain were destroyed by a rain of fire and brimstone (Gen. 19:24, 25). In Isa. 34:9 allusion is made to the destruction of these cities. This word figuratively denotes destruction or punishment (Job 18:15; Isa. 30:33; 34:9; Ps. 11:6; Ezek. 38:22). It is used to express the idea of excruciating torment in Rev. 14:10; 19:20; 20:10.
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