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Definition of Meerschaum

1. Noun. A white clayey mineral.

Definition of Meerschaum

1. n. 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.

Definition of Meerschaum

1. Noun. A soft white mineral, chiefly used for smoking-pipes and cigar holders. ¹

2. Noun. A smoking-pipe made from meerschaum. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Meerschaum

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Medical Definition of Meerschaum

1. 1. 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. A tobacco pipe made of this mineral. Origin: 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Meerschaum

Literary usage of Meerschaum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Economic Geology: With Special Reference to the United States by Heinrich Ries (1910)
"meerschaum meerschaum or Sepiolite, which is well known on account of its ... At the Dorsey mine, northwest of Silver City, the meerschaum occurs as veins ..."

2. Economic Geology: With Special Reference to the United States by Heinrich Ries (1910)
"meerschaum meerschaum or Sepiolite, which is well known on account of its ... At the Dorsey mine, northwest of Silver City, the meerschaum occurs as veins ..."

3. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by Robert Ellis, Great Britain Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, London Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851 (1851)
"Tobacco-pipe bowls of meerschaum, silver mounted and carved. ... Cigar mouth-pieces of meerschaum and amber, carved with letters, figures, &c. ..."

4. The Utilization of Waste Products: A Treatise on the Rational Utilization by Theodor Koller, Herbert Britwhistle Stocks (1918)
"meerschaum. Utilization of meerschaum Waste.—The dust and cuttings produced in making genuine meerschaum pipes are carefully collected and used to produce ..."

5. A System of Mineralogy: In which Minerals are Arranged According to the by ROBERT. JAMESON (1820)
"It is distinguished from meerschaum, with which it has been confounded, ... meerschaum, Raus, b. ii. s. 219- Id. Lud. bis 129. Id. Suck, ir th. s. 506. ..."

6. Elements of Chemical and Physical Geology by Gustav Bischof (1855)
"meerschaum occurs as a thick bed in the syenite of Pinheiro iu Portugal: in serpentine, and as the petrifying substance ot Mir. ..."

7. The Utilisation of Waste Products: A Treatise on the Rational Utilisation by Theodor Koller (1902)
"The dust and cuttings produced in making genuine meerschaum pipes are carefully collected and used to produce imitation meerschaum, which is considerably ..."

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