spaad

See also: Spaad

English

Etymology

Compare German Spat (“spar”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /spɑːd/

Noun

spaad (uncountable)

(mineralogy, obsolete) A kind of spar; earthflax, or amianthus.
- 1695, John Woodward, “(please specify the page)”, in An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth: And Terrestrial Bodies, Especially Minerals: […], London: […] Ric[hard] Wilkin […], →OCLC:
  Of English talc, the coarser sort is called plaster or parget: the finer, spaad.

Anagrams

Spada, padas

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