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Definition of Talcous

1. talc [adj] - See also: talc

Medical Definition of Talcous

1. Of or pertaining to talc; composed of, or resembling, talc. Origin: Cf. F. Talqueux. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Talcous

Literary usage of Talcous

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

1. An Introduction to Geology: Intended to Convey a Practical Knowledge of the by Robert Bakewell, Benjamin Silliman (1839)
"talcous Slate, and Chlorite Slate.—Crystalline Limestone, denominated Primary, occurs both in Primary and Secondary Mountains.—Formation of Limestone and ..."

2. An Introduction to Geology: Intended to Convey a Practical Knowledge of the by Robert Bakewell (1839)
"talcous Slate, and Chlorite Slate.—Crystalline Limestone, denominated Primary, occurs both in Primary and Secondary Mountains.—Formation of Limestone and ..."

3. An introduction to geology by Robert Bakewell (1833)
"talcous Slate, and Chlorite Slate. — Crystalline Limestone denominated Primary, occurs both in Primary and Secondary Mountains. — Formation of Limestone and ..."

4. Petralogy. A Treatise on Rocks by John Pinkerton (1811)
"talcous. MAGNESIA. J. HIS earth seems first to have been discovered, or at least sold as a remedy, by an ecclesiastic at Rome about the beginning of the ..."

5. An Introduction to Geology: Comprising the Elements of the Science in Its by Robert Bakewell, Benjamin Silliman (1829)
"... its Cleavage not the Effect of Stratification, but of Crystallization.- talcous Slate.—Whet-stone Slate.—Flinty Slate. ..."

6. Report on the Valley Regions of Alabama: (Paleozoic Strata) by Henry McCalley, Geological Survey of Alabama (1897)
"(4) Shale ¡dove colored massive talcous rock with curly spots and cross joints, occurs along the railroad for about -l">0 yards. (3) Quartzite; very hard ..."

7. Travels: Comprising Observations Made During a Residence in the Tarentaise by Robert Bakewell (1823)
"Hence we may feel less hesitation in admitting that the talcous slate of the Alps, with the talcy mica slate, and the talcy granite, (improperly called ..."

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