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▪ I. spathic, a.1 Min.|ˈspæθɪk| [f. spath1 + -ic. Cf. F. spathique.] †1. = spathose a.1 2. Obs.—1
1788Jefferson Writ. (1859) II. 432 The property of the spathic acid, to corrode flinty substances, has been lately applied by M. Puymaurin to engrave on glass. 2. a. = spathose a.1 1 b.
1803Med. Jrnl. IX. 494 Sometimes it is found in spathic layers, semitransparent, of different thickness;..these layers imitate so closely calcareous spath, that [etc.]. b. = spathose a.1 1 a.
1831J. Holland Manuf. Metal I. 265 Bergmann had already asserted that manganese was contained in the white or spathic iron ores. 1855Scoffern in Orr's Circ. Sci., Elem. Chem. 442 Native peroxide of iron (spathic iron). 1868Joynson Metals 7 At Weardale the spathic ore is often found associated with a brown ore—a hydrated oxide. ▪ II. ˈspathic, a.2 Bot. [ad. mod.L. spathicus, f. spatha 1.] Of or belonging to a spathe.
1859Mayne Expos. Lex. 1178/1. |