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Definition of Disthenes
1. disthene [n] - See also: disthene
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disthenes
Literary usage of Disthenes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The speech of Demosthenes against the law of Leptines by Demosthenes, John Edwin Sandys (1890)
"... in Wiener Studien 1880 ii 167 : '(disthenes) peregrinos in Attica habitantes
odioso illo ..."
2. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1832)
"disthenes. Unalterable in acids; texture foliated ; scratching at most fluor-spar.
Before the blowpipe infusible ; becomes white with a fire superior to red ..."
3. Chemical and Physical Studies in the Metamorphism of Rocks: Based on a by A. Irving (1889)
"... which is but a matter of secondary importance, we must consider (2). The far
more important question as to whether the garnets, disthenes and micas are ..."
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