Definition of Spodium

1. Noun. bone charcoal. It was used as bleaching material or for during purification of sugar. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Spodium

1. a powder [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spodium

splutterer
splutterers
spluttering
splutteringly
splutters
spluttery
spn
spo
spoak
spod
spoddy
spodes
spodic
spodic horizon
spodiosite
spodium (current term)
spodiums
spodogenous
spodogram
spodography
spodomancy
spodomantic
spodophorous
spodoptera
spodosol
spodosols
spods
spodumene
spodumenes
spoffish

Literary usage of Spodium

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

1. Dizionario Italiano-Inglese e Inglese-Italiano ad uso di ambedue le nazioni by J. P. Roberts (1869)
"... almost, although ; Tuttora, Putt' era, [tuttel'ni] entirely. — ad seen tempo, all of a sudden; ado. always, continually. Tuzla,ltd'tsid]f.tutty,spodium. ..."

2. Pharmacographia Indica: A History of the Principal Drugs of Vegetable Origin by William Dymock (1893)
"... generally known by the name of spodium. Idrisi, in the middle of the 12th century, points out that the latter was used to adulterate the former, ..."

3. A Dictionary of Medical Terminology, Dental Surgery, and the Collateral Sciences by Chapin Aaron Harris (1855)
"... the force as deep between the roots as possible a perpendicular split is produced. SPOD'IUM. An old preparation of einc and other substances. spodium ..."

4. Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and by Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell, William Crooke (1903)
"The substance is often confounded, in name at least, by the old Materia Medica writers, mm spodium .and is sometimes called ... The spodium or ..."

5. Oils and Varnishes by James Cameron (1886)
"The residuary magma of spodium is subjected to hydraulic pressure, the expressed oil filtered, and the solid residue again used in the next operation, ..."

6. Oils and Varnishes by James Cameron (1886)
"The residuary magma of spodium is subjected to hydraulic pressure, the expressed oil filtered, and the solid residue again used in the next operation, ..."

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