spaad

See also: Spaad

English

Etymology

Compare German Spath (“spar”).

Noun

spaad (uncountable)

1. (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