galactite
noun
ga·lac·tite
gəˈlakˌtīt
plural -s
: an unidentified soluble stone possibly of calcium nitrate whose milky solution gave rise to many legends and superstitions in medieval times
Word History
Etymology
Middle French or Latin; Middle French galactite, from Latin galactites, from Greek galaktitēs (lithos) stone that makes water milky, from galakt-, gala milk
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
- Lady of Loretto
- lady of pleasure
- lady of the bedchamber
- lady of the evening
- lady of the house
- Lady of the Lake
- lady palm
- lady paramount
- lady pea
- lady slipper
- lady tulip
- Lady Washington geranium
- lady wrack
- lady's bedstraw
- lady's bower
- lady's chair
- lady's cloth
- lady's gown
- lady's hole
- lady's ladder
- lady's maid
- lady's man
- lady's mantle
- lady's slipper
- lady's thumb