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Definitions for MEERSCHAUM
ˈmɪər ʃəm, -ʃɔmmeer·schaum
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Princeton's WordNet
meerschaum, sepiolitenoun
a white clayey mineral
meerschaumnoun
a pipe having a bowl made of meerschaum
Wiktionary
meerschaumnoun
A soft white mineral, chiefly used for smoking-pipes and cigar holders.
meerschaumnoun
A smoking-pipe made from meerschaum.
Wikipedia
meerschaum
Sepiolite, also known in English by the German name meerschaum ( MEER-shawm, -shəm; German: [ˈmeːɐ̯ʃaʊm] (listen); meaning "sea foam"), is a soft white clay mineral, often used to make tobacco pipes (known as meerschaum pipes). A complex magnesium silicate, a typical chemical formula for which is Mg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O, it can be present in fibrous, fine-particulate, and solid forms. The fibrous clay minerals have recently been shown to exist as a continuous polysomatic series where the endmembers are sepiolite and palygorskite. There is a continuous variation in chemical composition from sepiolite, the most magnesic and trioctahedral endmember, to palygorskite, the least magnesic, most Al- Fe- bearing, dioctahedral endmember.Originally named meerschaum by Abraham Gottlob Werner in 1788, it was named sepiolite by Ernst Friedrich Glocker in 1847 for an occurrence in Bettolino, Baldissero Canavese, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy. The name comes from Greek sepion (σήπιον), meaning "cuttlebone" (the porous internal shell of the cuttlefish), + lithos (λίθος), meaning stone, after a perceived resemblance of this mineral to cuttlebone. Because of its low relative density and its high porosity, it may float upon water, hence its German name. It is sometimes found floating on the Black Sea and rather suggestive of sea-foam, hence the German origin of the name as well as the French name for the same substance, écume de mer.
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meerschaum
Meerschaum is a soft white or gray mineral, also known as hydrous magnesium silicate, often used to make tobacco pipes and decorative objects. It is known for its porous structure and lightweight, easily carved material that becomes darker and richer in color with time and usage. The term "meerschaum" comes from the German words "meer" (sea) and "schaum" (foam), reflecting its white, foamy appearance.
Webster Dictionary
Meerschaumnoun
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
Meerschaumnoun
a tobacco pipe made of this mineral
Etymology: [G., lit., sea foam; meer sea + schaum foam; but it perh. is a corruption of the Tartaric name myrsen. Cf. Mere a lake, and Scum.]
Wikidata
Meerschaum
Meerschaum, also sepiolite, is a soft white mineral, often used to make smoking pipes. It is sometimes found floating on the Black Sea and rather suggestive of sea-foam, whence the German origin of the name as well as the French name for the same substance, écume de mer.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Meerschaum
mēr′shawm, n. a fine light whitish clay making excellent tobacco-pipes—once supposed to be a petrified sea-scum: a pipe made of this material. [Ger. meer, sea, schaum, foam.]
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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.
Etymology and Origins
Meerschaum
Expresses the German for “sea foam,” the fine white clay out of which pipes are made being at one time thought to be the petrified scum or foam of the sea.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of MEERSCHAUM in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of MEERSCHAUM in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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