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A method of painting with opaque colors, which have been ground in water and mingled with a preparation of gum; also, a picture thus painted.
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A method of securing a good draught in chimneys by covering the top, leaving openings in the sides, or by carrying up two of the sides higher than the other two.
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A method of transferring pictures from photographic negatives to hardened gelatin plates from which impressions are produced on paper as by lithography.
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A midwife. A woman who assists other women in childbirth; a female practitioner of the obstetric art.
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A mill for grinding grain; especially, a mill for grinding grists, or portions of grain brought by different customers; a custom mill.
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A mineral consisting of the arseniate of lime; -- so named in honor of W. Haidinger, of Vienna.
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A mineral consisting of the hydrous sulphate of lime (calcium). When calcined, it forms plaster of Paris. Selenite is a transparent, crystalline variety; alabaster, a fine, white, massive variety.
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A mineral occurring in greenish gray six-sided prisms, having a greasy luster. It is probably a pseudomorph after elaeolite.
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A mineral of a dark bluish color, related to amphibole. It is characteristic of certain crystalline rocks.
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