Meaning of sphragide | Babel Free

Definitions

An aluminous earth of a grayish yellow color; a medicinal clay.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“Dr. Hawks says it is found in Lemnos, sometimes called Terra Lemnia, and used in medicine. It is sometimes called sphragide.”

“Lemnian earth (sphragide bole, a kind of fine clay)”

“The genuine Lemnian earth of the Greeks, or Sphragide, was a yellowish-grey earth or clay found in the Island of Stalimene (ancient Lemnos).”

“Pb content is relatively elevated in the sphragides compared to some of the sediments, but not all (i.e. LE6-1.60).”

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