Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A variety of massive talc or steatite. It has a fine compact texture, and is worked in the lathe into inkstands and other articles.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A soft, compact variety of talc,, being an altered pyroxene. It is often worked in a lathe into inkstands and other articles.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A soft, compact variety of
talc , being an alteredpyroxene , sometimes worked in alathe intoinkstands and other articles.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a kind of soft talc; sometimes used as wood filler
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