diapasm

English

Etymology

Latin diapasma, Ancient Greek: compare French diapasme.

Noun

diapasm (plural diapasms)

1. (obsolete) powdered aromatic herbs, sometimes made into little balls and strung together

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “diapasm”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)