Cobalt

kō′bawlt, n. a metal the ores of which are sparingly distributed—in the metallic state found in meteoric stones or aerolites, generally occurring combined with arsenic: a blue pigment, prepared from the foregoing—also Cō′balt-blue .— adj. of this deep-blue colour.— adjs. Cobalt′ic ; Cobalt if′erous .— n. Cō′baltite , a sulph arsenide of cobalt. [Ger. kobalt , from kobold , a demon, a nickname given by the German miners, because they supposed it to be a mischievous and hurtful metal.]