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Pumice (medicine) and clag (iou)


Pumice (medicine)


pumice
<chemical> A very light porous volcanic scoria, usually of a gray colour, the pores of which are capillary and parallel, giving it a fibrous structure. It is supposed to be produced by the disengagement of watery vapor without liquid or plastic lava. It is much used, especially. In the form of powder, for smoothing and polishing.

Synonym: pumice stone.

Origin: L. Pumex, pumicis, prob. Akin to spuma foam: cf. AS. Pumic-stan. Cf. Pounce a powder, Spume.

Source: Websters Dictionary


clag (iou)



clag verb & noun. [klag] Chiefly Scot. & north. LME.

A. verb. Infl. -gg-.
verb trans. Bedaub or clot with; clog. LME.
verb intrans. Stick, adhere, (to). M16.
b. noun.
A flaw of character; a fault. Scot. L16.
A legal encumbrance on a property etc. Scot. Long rare. L16.
A mass of clotted dirt in a sheep's fleece etc. M17.
claggum noun treacle toffee M19.
claggy adjective tending to form clots; sticky: L16.