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Webster 1913 Edition
Lapis
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La′pis
,Noun.
pl.
Lapides
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. [L.]
A stone.
Lapis calaminaris
Noun.
[NL.]
(Min.)
Calamine.
– Lapis infernalis
Noun.
[L.]
Fused nitrate of silver; lunar caustic.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lapis
LAPIS
, in Latin, a stone. Hence,Lapis Bononiensis, the Bolognian stone.
Lapis Hepaticus, liver stone.
Lapis Lazuli, azure stone, an aluminous mineral, of a rich blue color, resembling the blue carbonate of copper. [See Lazuli.]
Lapis Lydius, touch-stone; basanite; a variety of siliceous slate.