Orbas
Orbas
The name given by the French to a species of metallic electrum. According to the Roman historian Pliny, a vessel of this substance has a magical property—when added to liquor it reveals poison by displaying colored semicircles: the fluid also sparkles and hisses as if on the fire.
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