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An earthy substance originally brought from Tripoli, used in polishing stones and metals. It consists almost wholly of the siliceous shells of diatoms.

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  1. n. An earthy substance originally brought from Tripoli, used in polishing stones and metals. It consists almost wholly of the siliceous shells of diatoms.
  2. n. a weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered form it is used in polishing
  3. An earthy substance originally brought from Tripoli, used in polishing stones and metals. It consists almost wholly of the siliceous shells of diatoms.
  4. An earthy substance originally brought from Tripoli, used inpolishing stones and metals. It consists almost wholly of thesiliceous shells of diatoms.
  5. n. the capital and chief port and largest city of Libya; in northwestern Libya on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by the Phoenicians in the 7th century BC