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Definition: HEPATITE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A variety of barite emitting a fetid odor when rubbed or heated.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Hepatite" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: HEPATITE

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Noun] A gem or mineral that takes its name from the liver. Plin. L. 37.11. Hepatite is a name given to the fetid sulphate of baryte. It sometimes occurs in globular masses, and is either compact or of a foliated structure. By friction or the application of heat, it exhales a fetid odor, like that of sulphurated hydrogen.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Mining A variety of barite, so called from the fetid odor it exhales when heated. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Definition: HEPATITE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A variety of barite emitting a fetid odor when rubbed or heated.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "HEPATITE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: HEPATITE

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Noun] A gem or mineral that takes its name from the liver. Plin. L. 37.11. Hepatite is a name given to the fetid sulphate of baryte. It sometimes occurs in globular masses, and is either compact or of a foliated structure. By friction or the application of heat, it exhales a fetid odor, like that of sulphurated hydrogen.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
MiningA variety of barite, so called from the fetid odor it exhales when heated. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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