tophus
Americannoun
plural
tophinoun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of tophus
1545–55; < Latin tōphus, tōfus tufa
Example Sentences
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Smooth, dark gray tophus predominates; it forms the bed of the Rio Pasig, and rising forms hillocks in the vicinity of the city of Binangonan.
From The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient by Halstead, Murat
It is dissolved into ochre, and regenerated into tophus.
From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by MacGillivray, William
Concreta, coagulated from particles agglutinated at random; as urinary and salivary calculi; tartar of wine; pumice, formed by fire; stalactite, formed by air; tophus, produced under water, as oolite.
From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by MacGillivray, William
This flux is composed of equal portions of iron slag, white tophus, and salt.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
Among the multitude of stones there is tophus.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
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