SINTER
\sˈɪntə], \sˈɪntə], \s_ˈɪ_n_t_ə]\
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Dross, as of iron; the scale which files from iron when hammered; - applied as a name to various minerals.
By Oddity Software
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Dross, as of iron; the scale which files from iron when hammered; - applied as a name to various minerals.
By Noah Webster.
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Compact incrustations from silicious or calcareous springs, as silicious-sinter and calc-sinter,-sinter is distinguished from tuff or tufa, which is open and porous, by having a hard ringing sound when struck by the hammer; pearl-sinter, a variety of opal of a pearly lustre.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
