MEERSCHAUM
\mˈi͡əst͡ʃa͡ʊm], \mˈiəstʃaʊm], \m_ˈiə_s_tʃ_aʊ_m]\
Definitions of MEERSCHAUM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Noah Webster.
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A fine white clay used for making tobacco-pipes, so called because once supposed to be the petrified scum or foam of the sea.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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