1) Mineral 2) Pipe bowl material 3) Pipe material 4) Sepiolite
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1) Pipe 2) Sepiolite
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Meerschaum (m {respell|MEER|shawm} or əm {respell|MEER|shəm}, German for foam of the sea), also known as sepiolite, is a soft white mineral, often used to make smoking pipes. It is sometimes found floating on the Black Sea and rather suggestive of sea-foam, hence the German origin of the name as well as the French name for the same substance, é...
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• (n.) A tobacco pipe made of this mineral. • (n.) A fine white claylike mineral, soft, and light enough when in dry masses to float in water. It is a hydrous silicate of magnesia, and is obtained chiefly in Asia Minor. It is manufacturd into tobacco pipes, cigar holders, etc. Also called sepiolite.
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1. <chemical> A fine white claylike mineral, soft, and light enough when in dry masses to float in water. It is a hydrous silicate of magnesia, and is obtained chiefly in Asia Minor. It is manufacturd into tobacco pipes, cigar holders, etc. Also called sepiolite. ... 2. A tobacco pipe made of this mineral. ... Origin: G, lit, sea foam; meer s...
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A white, soft, porous mineral suitable for carving, taken from the German word for 'sea foam'. It was exported from Turkey and the Black Sea to Vienna, Budapest and Paris in the 18th and 19th centuries where it was made into pipes, cigarette holders and ash bowls. Peak production was c. 1870-1900. It is also known as sepiolite.
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Meer'schaum (mēr'sham; 277)
noun [ G., lit., sea foam;
meer sea +
schaum foam; but it perhaps is a corruption of the Tartaric name
myrsen . Confer
Mere a lake, and
Scum .]
1. (Min.) A fine white claylike mineral, soft, and light enough when in d...
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Meerschaum (sepiolite) is a white or yellowish earthy mineral, consisting of hydrous magnesium silicate. It was first found on the sae shore where, resembling petrified sea-froth was given its name - which in German means sea-froth. Meerschaum lathers like soap when first dug, and was used as a soap by the Tartars. It is highly porous, and may floa...
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n] - a white clayey mineral 2. [n] - a pipe having a bowl made of meerschaum
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noun a pipe having a bowl made of meerschaum
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Aggregate of minerals, usually the soft white clay mineral sepiolite, hydrous magnesium silicate. It floats on water and is used for making pipe bowls
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