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Asbestos
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray, or green-gray color. The name is also given to a similar variety of serpentine.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Asbestos'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/a/asbestos.html. 1828.