amiant(hn.
= amiant(h)us n. (Now a poetic form.)
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1420 Siege of Rouen in Archæol. XX. 372 The kyngis heraudis & pursuiauntis In cotis of armys amyauntis.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World (1634) II. 589 The Amiant stone is like Alume.
1714 Angestein in Philos. Trans. 1713 (Royal Soc.) 28 223 The Amiant part is of a light Gray or Lead colour.
c1815 R. Southey Young Dragon i. VI. 263 With amianth he lined the nest, And incombustible asbest.
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