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A method of printing in which whole words or syllables, cast as single types, are used.
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A Mexican name for a variety of Agave rigida, which furnishes a strong coarse fiber; also, the fiber itself, which is called also pita, and Tampico fiber.
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A milky or colored juice in certain plants in cavities (called latex cells or latex tubes). It contains the peculiar principles of the plants, whether aromatic, bitter, or acid, and in many instances yields caoutchouc upon coagulation.
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A mineral consisting of sulphate of lead, occurring either massive or in long slender prisms, of a greenish white or gray color.
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A mineral occurring in small, green, transparent, monoclinic crystals. It is a hydrous phosphate of iron.
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A mineral of a brownish black color, related to titanite in form. It consists chiefly of silica, titanium dioxide, lime, and yttria.
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A mineral of a color between white and steel-gray, with a metallic luster, and consisting chiefly of arsenic and iron.
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A mineral of a fine azure-blue color, usually in small rounded masses. It is essentially a silicate of alumina, lime, and soda, with some sodium sulphide, is often marked by yellow spots or veins of sulphide of iron, and is much valued for ornamental work. Called also lapis lazuli, and Armenian stone.
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A mineral of a gray, red, brown, or green color, and glistening luster. It is a silicate of iron and manganese.
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A mineral of a greenish yellow color; it is a silicate of glucina, lime, and soda with fluorine. Called also leucophanite.
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