Meaning
A chemical element (symbol Co) with an atomic number of 27: a hard, lustrous, silver-gray metal.
Etymology
Origin: German
From German Kobalt, formerly also Kobald, ‑olt, ‑old, ‑elt, ‑el, apparently the same word as Kobold (“goblin”), from Middle High German, which became also a Harz Mountains silver miners’ term for rock laced with arsenic and sulfur, so called because it degraded the ore and made the miners ill. Doublet of kobold.
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NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 2 recorded puzzles: