thaumasiten.
/ˈθɔːməsʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
‘A white, amorphous mineral composed of silicate, carbonate and sulphate of calcium, and water’ (Chester).
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1881 in H. Watts Dict. Chem. VIII. 1921.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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n.1881- to keep a person honest
- to keep a person in countenance
- to keep a person in gammon
- to keep a person in hand
- to keep a person in the dark
- to keep a person in the dark about
- to keep a person in the dark as to
- to keep a person in the dark etc
- to keep a person on ice
- to keep a person on the edge of her seat
- to keep a person on the edge of his seat
- to keep a person play
- to keep a person's house
- to keep a person's stead
- to keep a quarter
- to keep a quiet sough
- to keep a school
- to keep a seat or place warm
- to keep a sharp look-out
- to keep a sharp lookout
- to keep a stiff upper lip
- to keep a still tongue in one's head
- to keep a stir
- to keep a straight face
- to keep a tab on