Trivial name of vitriol" (sulfuric acid), and "cream of tartar" (potassium bitartrate) borrowed their language from the kitchen. Many more names were based on color; for example, hematite, orpiment, and verdigris come from words meaning "blood-like stone", "gold pigment", and "green of Greece". Some names are based on their use. Lime is a general name for materials combining calcium with carbonates, oxides or hydroxides; the name comes from a root "sticking or adhering"; its earliest use was as mortar for construction. Water has several systematic names, including "oxidane" (the IUPAC name), "hydrogen oxide", and "dihydrogen monoxide" (DHMO). The latter was the basis
My Name Is Legion (novel) encounter a man possessed by a multitude of demons. On seeing Jesus approaching, the afflicted man ran and worshipped him, And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not. For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit. And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many (Mark 5:6–9). At 16, Peter d'Abo is an elusive boy. He seldom stays at