steatite
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of steatite
1595–1605; < Latin steatītēs < Greek steat- (stem of stéar ) fat, tallow + -ītēs -ite 1
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An 8th century circular box made of steatite with no decoration other than incised circles bears witness to the impact of east Iranian art on China under the Tang dynasty.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2011
I brought away a singular specimen, having all the grain and even the fibrous markings of asbestos, which was nevertheless pure and unmistakable unfibred steatite.
From Asbestos Its production and use, with some account of the asbestos mines of Canada by Robert H. Jones
On the other hand, a No. 4 steatite flat-flame burner, without any arrangement for retarding the flow of the gas, under the same initial pressure gave at the outlet 0·16 inch and 0·05 inch respectively.
From Gas Burners Old and New by Owen Merriman
In one tomb there was found, with undoubted Libyan pottery, a green steatite cylinder of a type known in the Old Kingdom.
From El Kab by James Edward Quibell
The zoologist carried a meerschaum; the guides smoked out of Indian calumets of the celebrated steatite, or red claystone.
From The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire by Mayne Reid
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