amiant(h
(ˈæmɪænt, -ænθ)
Also 5 amyaunt.
[a. Fr. amiante, ad. L. amiant-us.]
= amianthus. (Now a poetic form.)
| 1420 Siege of Rouen in Archæol. XX. 372 The kyngis heraudis & pursuiauntis In cotis of armys amyauntis. 1601 Holland Pliny (1634) II. 589 The Amiant stone is like Alume. 1713 Angestein in Phil. Trans. XXVIII. 223 The Amiant part is of a light Gray or Lead colour. c 1815 Southey Young Dragon i. VI. 263 With amianth he lined the nest, And incombustible asbest. |