spaad

See also: Spaad

English

Etymology

Compare German Spath (“spar”).

Noun

spaad (uncountable)

(mineralogy, obsolete) A kind of spar; earth flax, or amianthus.
- Woodward
  Of English talc, the coarser sort is called plaster or parget: the finer, spaad.

Anagrams

Spada, padas

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