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meer⋅schaum

  [meer-shuhm, -shawm]
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1. a mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, H4Mg2Si3O1 0, occurring in white, claylike masses, used for ornamental carvings, for pipe bowls, etc.; sepiolite.
2. a tobacco pipe with a bowl made of this substance.
Origin:
1775–85; < G Meerschaum, equiv. to Meer sea (see mere 2 ) + Schaum foam
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Hand Carved Meerschaum
Many meerschaum products including thimbles, eggs, boxes and much more
turkishtulip.com
Servi Meerschaum
Manufacturer - Wholesale - Export +902222317286 Imalat - Toptan
www.servimeerschaum.com
meer·schaum   (mîr'shəm, -shôm')   
n.  

  1. A fine, compact, usually white claylike mineral of hydrous magnesium silicate, H4Mg2Si3O10, found in the Mediterranean area and used in fashioning tobacco pipes and as a building stone. Also called sepiolite.

  2. A tobacco pipe with a bowl made of this mineral.


[German : Meer, sea (from Middle High German mer, from Old High German mari; see mori- in Indo-European roots) + Schaum, foam (from Middle High German schūm, from Old High German scūm; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots).]
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meerschaum 
1789, "tobacco pipe with a bowl made of meerschaum," a type of soft white clay, from Ger., lit. "sea-foam," so called from its frothy appearance, translation of L. spuma maris, from Pers. kef-i-darya.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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