"Stephanite" is a word in ENGLISH
A sulphide of antimony and silver of an iron-black
color and metallic luster; called also black silver, and brittle silver
ore.
There is an hour, a minute - you will remember it forever - when you know instinctively on the basis of the most inconsequential evidence, that something is wrong. You don't know - can't know - that it is the first of a series of "wrongful" events that will culminate in the utter devastation of your life as you have known it.
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A young woman on a rough Atlantic crossing was in hercabin undressing then suddenly she was overcome by seasickness. In a panic she rushed into the corridor andheaded for the bathroom. It was not until she collidedwith an elderly gentleman that she realized she didn'thave a stitch of clothing on. Horrified, she let out ashriek. Her fellow sufferer looked at her sadly."Don't let it bother you, miss," he moaned. "I'll neverlive to tell anyone."
A silver coin of Persia, worth about twenty cents.
Read the complete definitionA genus of coniferous trees, properly called Fir, as the balsam fir and the silver fir. The spruces are sometimes …
Read the complete definitionA substance resembling mannite, found in the needles of the common silver fir of Europe (Abies pectinata).
Read the complete definitionIn old English law. white rent; rent payable in silver or white money, as distinguished from that which was anciently …
Read the complete definitionA white metallic alloy; which is made into spoons, forks, teapots, etc. British plate or German silver. See German silver, …
Read the complete definitionA duty payable to the lord mayor of London by the sellers of ale within the city.
Read the complete definitionA rent or tribute paid annually to the lord mayor of Loudon, by those who sell ale within the liberty …
Read the complete definitionAn alloy of nickel and silver electroplated with silver.
Read the complete definitionThe quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness.
Read the complete definitionTo reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, …
Read the complete definitionAn inferior or cheaper metal mixed wlth gold or silver in manufacturlng or coining. As respects coining, the amount of …
Read the complete definitionA fine, deep red ocher, somewhat purplish, found in Spain. It is the sil atticum of the ancients. Under the …
Read the complete definitionA native compound of mercury and silver.
Read the complete definitionThe act or operation of compounding mercury with another metal; -- applied particularly to the process of separating gold and …
Read the complete definitionA picture taken on a plate of prepared glass, in which the lights are represented in silver, and the shades …
Read the complete definitionThe unit of electric current; -- defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by U. S. Statute as, …
Read the complete definitionA precipitation of silver, in a beautiful arborescent form.
Read the complete definitionThe state of being arborescent; the resemblance to a tree in minerals, or crystallizations, or groups of crystals in that …
Read the complete definitionThe white color in coats of arms, intended to represent silver, or, figuratively, purity, innocence, beauty, or gentleness; -- represented …
Read the complete definitionSilver, or money.
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