Gilsonite
/ˈɡɪlsənʌɪt
/noun [mass noun] trademark
A very pure, shiny, brittle black form of asphalt, used in making inks, paints, and varnishes.In the 1990s the state led the nation in beryllium and Gilsonite production....
- A general guideline is that 3% binder replacement with Gilsonite will double the viscosity of a binder.
Origin
Late 19th century: named after Samuel H. Gilson, 19th-century American mineralogist, + -ite1.
- have a thick skin
- have a thing about
- have a thing for
- have a thin time
- have a tiger by the tail (also be riding a tiger)
- have a tin ear
- have a way with
- have a way with one
- have a whale of a time
- have a will of one's own
- have a word
- have a word in someone's ear
- have bats in the (or one's) belfry
- have-been
- have been around
- have been around the block (a few times)
- have been known to do something
- have been there before
- have blood on one's hands
- have clean hands
- have designs on
- have every confidence in
- have everything
- have eyes bigger than one's stomach (or belly)
- have eyes in the back of one's head