meerschaum

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But he did not take the shapely hand that now laid down the meerschaum, and though her head fell on his shoulder and her breath came and went with his, he did not kiss her, for that breath was laden with tobacco.

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  1. noun A fine, compact, usually white claylike mineral of hydrous magnesium silicate, H4Mg2Si3O10, found in the Mediterranean area and used in fashioning tobacco pipes and as a building stone. Also called sepiolite.
  2. noun A tobacco pipe with a bowl made of this mineral.

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  1. German : Meer, sea (from Middle High German mer, from Old High German mari; see mori- in Indo-European roots) + Schaum, foam (from Middle High German schūm, from Old High German scūm; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. from German meerschaum, literally ‘sea-foam,’ from meer, the sea (= English mere), + schaum, foam, froth, = English scum.
 

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/ˈmirʃɔm/
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