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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pagodite \pago"dite\, n. min.
agalmatolite; -- so called because sometimes carved by the
chinese into the form of pagodas. see agalmatolite.
1913 webster
see also:
agalmatolite
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
agalmatolite \ag`almat"olite\
a^g`a^lma^t"-olimact, n. gr. 'a`galma,
'a`galmatos, image, statue + -lite: cf. f. agalmatolithe.
min.
a soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish
color, carved into images by the chinese, and hence called
figure stone, and pagodite. it is probably a variety of
pinite.
1913 webster
see also:
figure stone pagodite
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