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argil|ˈɑːdʒɪl|
[a. F. argille (mod. argile), ad. L. argilla (formerly in Eng. use), a. Gr. ἄργιλλος, f. ἀργής white, shining.]
Clay, esp. potter's clay. Also proposed as a name for alumina when the nature of that base was first discovered.
1530Palsgr. 195/1 Argile a kynde of erthe, Argille. 1599A. M. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physic 318/2 Hard baked Argille or loame. 1675Evelyn Terra (1729) 20, I do not reckon Loam among the clays, though it seem to be but a succulent kind of Argilla. 1778Woulfe in Phil. Trans. LXIX. 20 The blue argilla from Paris. 1792Ibid. LXXXII. 34 Argil precipitated from alum by an alkali. 1859R. Burton Africa in Jrnl. R.G.S. XXIX. 158 Soil..yellow with argile. 1879Spon Workshop Rec. 42 Argillaceous clay or alumina clay..is called argil. |