meerschaum

3 definitions found

meerschaum - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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 dry masses to float in water. It is a
        hydrous silicate of magnesia, and is obtained chiefly in
        Asia Minor. It is manufacturd into tobacco pipes, cigar
        holders, etc. Also called sepiolite.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A tobacco pipe made of this mineral; a meerschaum pipe.
        [1913 Webster]

meerschaum - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  meerschaum
      n 1: a white clayey mineral [syn: meerschaum, sepiolite]
      2: a pipe having a bowl made of meerschaum

meerschaum - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  60 Moby Thesaurus words for "meerschaum":
     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, evade responsibility, give and take, give way,
     go between, go fifty-fifty, hookah, hubble-bubble, intercede,
     intermediate, interpose, intervene, judge, make a deal,
     make an adjustment, make concessions, make terms, mediate,
     meet halfway, moderate, nargileh, negotiate, peace pipe, pipe,
     pipe cleaner, pipe rack, play politics, reach a compromise,
     referee, represent, settle, split the difference, step in,
     strike a balance, strike a bargain, surrender, take the mean,
     tobacco pipe, tobacco pouch, treat with, umpire, yield