meerschaum (pipe)

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• Meerschaum — ( i/ˈmɪərʃ …   Wikipedia

• Meerschaum — Meer schaum (m[=e]r sh[add]m; 277), n. [G., lit., sea foam; meer sea + schaum foam; but it perh. is a corruption of the Tartaric name myrsen. Cf. {Mere} a lake, and {Scum}.] 1. (Min.) A fine white claylike mineral, soft, and light enough when in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• meerschaum —    (MEER shawm) [German: sea foam] A light, heatresistant mineral, also called sepiolite, that is used to make tobacco pipe bowls that gradually take on a delicate brownish tint with use. The pipe itself is referred to as a meerschaum.    Would… …   Dictionary of foreign words and phrases

• meerschaum — type of soft white clay, 1784; from 1789 as tobacco pipe with a bowl made of meerschaum clay, from Ger. Meerschaum, lit. sea foam, so called from its frothy appearance; from O.H.G. mari sea (see MERE (Cf. mere) (n.)) + scum scum (see SKIM (Cf.… …   Etymology dictionary

• meerschaum — ► NOUN 1) a soft white clay like material. 2) a tobacco pipe with a bowl made from meerschaum. ORIGIN German, sea foam …   English terms dictionary

• meerschaum — [mir′shəm, mir′shôm΄] n. [Ger, lit., sea foam (< meer, sea + schaum, foam), transl. of ML spuma maris, orig. used of coral, calque of Gr halos hachnē: name transferred in 18th c. Ger to a variety of lithomarge] 1. a soft, claylike,… …   English World dictionary

• pipe — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. passage, tube, main; briar, corncob, meerschaum; flute, fife, bagpipe, flageolet. See music, opening, cry. pipe down pipe dream pipe up II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A tube] Syn. pipeline, drain pipe, sewer …   English dictionary for students

• pipe — Synonyms and related words: English horn, Missouri meerschaum, Pandean pipe, adjutage, aerophone, anthem, aulos, bagpipe, ballad, bark, barrel, basset horn, basset oboe, bassoon, bawl, bay, beep, bell, bellow, blare, blast, blat, blow, blow a… …   Moby Thesaurus

• meerschaum — /mear sheuhm, shawm/, n. 1. a mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, H4Mg2Si3O10, occurring in white, claylike masses, used for ornamental carvings, for pipe bowls, etc.; sepiolite. 2. a tobacco pipe with a bowl made of this substance. [1775 85; …   Universalium

• meerschaum — Synonyms and related words: Missouri meerschaum, accommodate, act between, adjust, arbitrate, bargain, briar, briar pipe, calean, calumet, churchwarden, clay, compose, compound, compromise, cop out, corncob, corncob pipe, duck responsibility,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• meerschaum — meer•schaum [[t]ˈmɪər ʃəm, ʃɔm[/t]] n. 1) mir a mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, H4Mg2Si3O10, occurring in white, claylike masses, used esp. for pipe bowls; sepiolite 2) a tobacco pipe with a bowl made of meerschaum • Etymology: 1775–85; < …   From formal English to slang