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‖ ostracitis|ɒstrəˈsaɪtɪs|
[a. L. ostracītis (Pliny), a. Gr. ὀστρακῖτις cadmia, calamine, f. ὄστρακον: see prec.]
A kind of calamine adhering to furnaces in which copper is melted.
1706Phillips, Ostracitis, a sort of Crust that sticks to Furnaces, where Brass-Oar is melted. 1892Syd. Soc. Lex., Ostracitis, an earth of cadmium, from its resemblance to the surface of a shell. |