Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A kind of mineral; spar.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Min.), obsolete A kind of spar; earth flax, or amianthus.

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  • noun mineralogy, obsolete A kind of spar; earth flax, or amianthus.

Etymologies

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Compare German Spath ("spar").

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