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alabastrine, a.|æləˈbɑːstrɪn, -æ-, -aɪn|
[ad. med.L. alabastrinus: see alabaster and -ine.]
Of or resembling alabaster.
1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iv. i. (1641) 202/1 Her Alabastrine well-shapt Limbs. 1757Milles in Phil. Trans. L. 28 They seem to be an alabastrine spar. 1829Sir T. D. Lauder Moray Floods (ed. 2) 234 Perpendicular streaks of a beautiful alabastrine whiteness. |