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1. (n.) meerschaum
a mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, H
2. meerschaum
a tobacco pipe with a bowl made of meerschaum.
Etymology: (1775–85; < G Meerschaum, lit., sea foam)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) meerschaum, sepiolite
a white clayey mineral
2. (noun) meerschaum
a pipe having a bowl made of meerschaum
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) meerschaum
a fine white claylike mineral, soft, and light enough when in dry masses to float in water. It is a hydrous silicate of magnesia, and is obtained chiefly in Asia Minor. It is manufacturd into tobacco pipes, cigar holders, etc. Also called sepiolite
2. (noun) meerschaum
a tobacco pipe made of this mineral
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. meerschaum
a fine white clay, a hydrate-silicate of magnesia, supposed, as found on the sea-shore in some places, to have been sea-foam petrified.
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