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meerschaum::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | pipe, tobacco pipe |
Examples of meerschaum
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Robbins started out selling meerschaum pipes in 1980 and then moved into cigars.
From the ocregister.com
The Germans prefer the porous meerschaum,-the Canadians, the common clay.
From the theatlantic.com
Chess sets even have been made of amber, coral, bamboo and meerschaum.
From the washingtontimes.com
The strigiles would have vanished before the meerschaum, had that magic clay then been known.
From the theatlantic.com
Land focused on his oversized meerschaum pipe and pushed the shutter button five times in quick succession.
From the time.com
The paper was covered with mixtures of cellulose pulp and the mineral meerschaum to draw out the grime and the gypsum.
From the newscientist.com
This is acrid, of a dark brown color, and having a smell as of an old pipe, in the pores of which, particularly of meerschaum clay, it may be found.
From the theatlantic.com
Each Marine bought one and spent the evening lounging around in their fancy robes wishing they had meerschaum pipes and brandy snifters.
From the blog.beliefnet.com
Meerschaum pipe in hand, Wilson sat in a pink velvet easy chair in his comfortable and attractive third-floor office at No. 10 Downing Street.
From the time.com
- A white clayey mineral
- A pipe having a bowl made of meerschaum
- A Meerschaum pipe is a smoking pipe made from the mineral sepiolite. Meerschaum (i/u02C8mu026Au0259ru0283u0254u02D0m/ MEER-shawm or /u02C8mu026Au0259ru0283u0259m/ MEER-shu0259m, German for foam of the sea) 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, u00E9cume de mer...
- A soft white mineral, chiefly used for smoking-pipes and cigar holders; A smoking-pipe made from meerschaum
- "Meerschaum" is a German word meaning literally, "sea-foam," alluding to the belief that it was the compressed whitecaps of waves, just as it is said in mythology for the goddess of beauty - Aphrodite. Meerschaum is a hydrated magnesium silicate. ...
