Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A material existing in enormous quantities (from 5 to 500 feet thick) over the greater portion of the surface of Mexico, and supposed to be consolidated volcanic mud. It is also found less extensively in Central and South America.
- noun A material existing in enormous quantities (5 to 500 feet thick) over the greater portion of the surface of Mexico, and supposed to be consolidated volcanic mud.
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On a related topic, I'm thinking that electric toilets might be more environmentally friendly than a septic tankand I don't know howpractical a septic tank would be in tepetate that close to the beach and water line.
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On a related topic, I'm thinking that electric toilets might be more environmentally friendly than a septic tankand I don't know howpractical a septic tank would be in tepetate that close to the beach and water line.
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One of the clays used is tepetate, which has heat-resistant properties that keep the pineapple from cracking or exploding in the oven.
A Family Tradition: The Pineapple Pottery Of Hilario Alejos Madrigal 2007
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One of the clays used is tepetate, which has heat-resistant properties that keep the pineapple from cracking or exploding in the oven.
A Family Tradition: The Pineapple Pottery Of Hilario Alejos Madrigal 2007
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What construction methods seem to do best in similar sites (oceanfront, tepetate ground, electricity on-site, water mains in).
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What construction methods seem to do best in similar sites (oceanfront, tepetate ground, electricity on-site, water mains in).
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If _tepetate_ was employed in the construction of the royal palaces, it would not have added materially to the weight resting upon the earthy foundations; for when the water in the ditches occupied half the street, [41] the foundations must have been so much softer than at present, that structures of the lightest material only could be borne.
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(_tepetate_), and an exceedingly soft, gray quarry stone, for caps and lintels, with an excellent quality of cement, and material for
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