Soapstone
['səʊpstəʊn]
Definition
(noun.) a soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel; used to make hearths and tabletops and ornaments.
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Definition
(n.) See Steatite, and Talc.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Steatite.
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Examples
- The earthenware and soapstone stoves of continental Europe were used long before the present century. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The artists must have employed lamps to do their work, and shallow soapstone lamps in which fat could have been burnt have been found. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- For the purpose soapstone will answer, and the mould, as well as the piece of caoutchouc, should be well brushed or dusted with this substance. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Among other lining materials found suitable were soapstone, alumina, ammonia, copperas, starch, Epsom salts, and gypsum, paper, pulp, and alum, and a mixture of various other materials. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Poor people used oiled paper, isinglass, thinly shaved leather, resembling parchment, and thin sheets of soft pale crystalised stone known as talc, and soapstone. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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