Definition of Sintir
Sin"ter (?), n. [G. Cf. Cinder.]
(Min.) Dross, as of iron; the scale which files from iron
when hammered; -- applied as a name to various minerals.
Calcareous sinter, a loose banded variety of
calcite formed by deposition from lime-bearing waters; calcareous
tufa; travertine. -- Ceraunian sinter,
fulgurite. -- Siliceous sinter, a light
cellular or fibrous opal; especially, geyserite (see
Geyserite). It has often a pearly luster, and is then called
pearl sinter.
Sin"ter (?), n. [G. Cf. Cinder.]
(Min.) Dross, as of iron; the scale which files from iron
when hammered; -- applied as a name to various minerals.
Calcareous sinter, a loose banded variety of
calcite formed by deposition from lime-bearing waters; calcareous
tufa; travertine. -- Ceraunian sinter,
fulgurite. -- Siliceous sinter, a light
cellular or fibrous opal; especially, geyserite (see
Geyserite). It has often a pearly luster, and is then called
pearl sinter.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Dross, as of iron; the scale which files from iron when hammered; -- applied as a name to various minerals.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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