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Amianth [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. AM'IANTH ,

2. AMIANTH'IFORM , adjective [Amianth and form.] Having the form or likeness of amianth

3. Amianthiform arseniate of copper.

Amianth [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Amianthus.

Amianthiform [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Resembling amianthus in form.

Amianthinite [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A species of amorphous mineral, a variety of actinolite; its color ash, greenish or yellowish gray, often mixed with yellow or red; its fracture confusedly foliated and fibrous.

Amianthoid [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Resembling amianth in form.

Amianthoid [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A mineral which occurs in tufts, composed of long capillary filaments, flexible and very elastic; more flexible than the fibers of asbestus, but stiffer and more elastic than those of amianth. The color is olive green, or greenish white.

Amianthoid [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Resembling amianthus.

Amianthus [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Earth-flax, or mountain flax; a mineral substance somewhat resembling flax; usually grayish, or of a greenish white; sometimes of a yellowish or silvery white, olive or mountain green, of a pale flesh red or ocher color. It is composed of delicate filaments, very flexible and somewhat elastic, often long and resembling threads of silk. It is incombustible, and has sometimes been wrought into cloth and paper.

Amianthus [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Earth flax, or mountain flax; a soft silky variety of asbestus.

Amianthus Encyclopedia Britannica

AMIANTHUS(unstained, from α privative, and μιαίνω, to stain), the best known and most beautiful of the asbestos class of substances. See Asbestos.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 1, p. 738
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