Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having good cleavage. Used of minerals.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In mineralogy, having an even lamellar or flatly foliated structure.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Like spar; foliated or lamellar; spathose.
- adjective (Min.) siderite. See
Siderite (a).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective geology, mineralogy Having good
cleavage . - adjective neologism, slang Having attractive
cleavage of thebreasts .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Diamond, sir, in extraordinary evidence! in conjunction with specular iron ore, commonly called the red haematite, and the ferrous carbonate, or spathic iron.
The Lord of the Sea 1906
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Siderite or spathic iron ore occurs as a gangue mineral in some of the gold quartz veins in the central part of the State, but owing to its limited quantity, it is of little economical importance for the manufacture of iron.
North Carolina and its Resources. North Carolina. Board of Agriculture. 1896
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The mineralogical character of the iron ores found in the State includes magnetite, red hematite, brown hematite (limonite), siderite (spathic ore), and black band ores.
North Carolina and its Resources. North Carolina. Board of Agriculture. 1896
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Again, many minerals, such as crystals, are bounded by plain surfaces, and, with very few exceptions (spathic and hematite iron and dolomite are such exceptions) none are bounded by curved lines and surfaces, while living organisms are bounded by such lines and surfaces.
Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky Various 1880
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Throughout the coal-measures of the commonwealth there are vast beds of spathic ore, which will serve when the more available deposits have been exhausted.
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At Pillersee, in Austria, spathic iron ore has been reduced by a mixture of fir-wood charcoal, and air-dry peat in the proportions of three parts by bulk of the former to one of the latter.
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It contains, as substances accidentally disseminated in the mass, brown iron-ore, spathic iron, even rock-crystal.
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It contains, as substances accidentally disseminated in the mass, brown iron-ore, spathic iron, even rock-crystal.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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The property of the spathic acid, to corrode flinty substances, has been lately applied by a Mr. Puymaurin, to engrave on glass, as artists engrave on copper, with aquafortis.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 Thomas Jefferson 1784
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The property of the spathic acid, to corrode flinty substances, has been lately applied by a Mr. Puymaurin, to engrave on glass, as artists engrave on copper, with aquafortis.
Letters 1760
argyriou commented on the word spathic
Geology term meaning "having good cleavage". Urban Dictionary is wrong on this.
July 19, 2007
reesetee commented on the word spathic
Urban Dictionary is wrong on more than a few things! ;-)
July 19, 2007
seanahan commented on the word spathic
Linguistically, UD can't be "wrong", but as it only has two votes, I think it is sufficiently rare to say that it doesn't exist.
July 20, 2007
reesetee commented on the word spathic
Nah. It's just wrong. ;-)
July 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word spathic
Can't you just imagine some trashy romance novelist getting ahold of this word? (Yes, I know it's not that kind of cleavage, but still...that's where your mind goes.) ;)
July 20, 2007
reesetee commented on the word spathic
Yes, especially if he/she reads Urban Dictionary! ;-)
July 20, 2007