Asbestus

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  • n. Dated form of asbestos.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray, or green-gray color. The name is also given to a similar variety of serpentine.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. See asbestos.
    • Word Usage
    "In the first case (31) are varieties of felspar; in the second case (32) are micaceous and other mineral substances; in the third case (33) are basaltic hornblende, tremolite, &c.; in the fourth case (34) are varieties of asbestus, which defies the action of fire; jeffersonite; jenite from the Elba,"
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    asbestos   
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