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Silex   /sˈɪləks/  /sˈaɪlɛks/   Listen
Silex

noun
1.
A pure form of finely ground silica.
2.
A vacuum coffee maker.





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"Silex" Quotes from Famous Books



... groups of them in one place, all perforated, just as if, when swept into the river's bed by a flood, the bond which had united them together remained unbroken.* (* Rigollot, "Memoire sur des Instruments en Silex" ...
— The Antiquity of Man • Charles Lyell
... God; there is a rush in Holland which contains much more silex than the wheat-straw, and it is employed by the Dutch to polish wood and brass, on that very account. We know but little yet, but we do know that mineral substances are found in the composition of most living animals, if not all; indeed, the coloring-matter of the blood ...
— The Mission • Frederick Marryat


Words linked to "Silex" :   trademark, silicon oxide, silica, coffee maker, silicon dioxide


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