Fluor spar

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• fluor

  flŭor, ōris, m. [fluo], a flowing, flow (postAug.). I In gen.: aqua natura res labilis et ad fluor...

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• Fluor

  ·noun A fluid state. II. Fluor ·noun Menstrual flux; catamenia; menses. III. Fluor ·noun ·see <<Fl...

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• Spar

  ·vt The bar of a gate or door. II. Spar ·noun A contest at sparring or boxing. III. Spar ·noun A m...

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• spar

  to bolt, bar, pin, or shut a door ; ab A. S. ...

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• spar

  The general term for any mast, yard, boom, gaff, &c. In ship-building, the name is applied to small ...

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• Fluor albus

  ·- The whites; leucorrhaea. ...

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• Bitter spar

  ·- A common name of dolomite; — so called because it contains magnesia, the soluble salts of which ...

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• Calc-spar

  ·noun ·same·as <<Calcite>>. ...

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• Derbyshire spar

  ·- A massive variety of fluor spar, found in Derbyshire, England, and wrought into vases and other o...

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• Heavy spar

  ·- Native barium sulphate or barite, — so called because of its high specific gravity as compared wi...

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• Iceland spar

  ·- A transparent variety of calcite, the best of which is obtained in Iceland. It is used for the pr...

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• Rhomb spar

  ·- A variety of dolomite. ...

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• Shiver-spar

  ·noun A variety of calcite, so called from its slaty structure; — called also slate spar. ...

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• Spar-hung

  ·adj Hung with spar, as a cave. ...

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• bome-spar

  [a corruption of boom]. A spar of a larger kind. ...

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• cant-spar

  A hand-mast pole, fit for making small masts or yards, booms, &c. ...

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• spar-deck

  This term is loosely applied, though properly it signifies a temporary deck laid in any part of a ve...

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• hand mast-spar

  A round mast; those from Riga are commonly over 70 feet long by 20 inches diameter. ...

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