snarumite

[After Snarum, Norway, where found; suff. -ite ( Min.).] Min .: A mineral occurring in columnar tufts of crystals and ma ive, sometimes a ociated with mica. Hardne , 4 to 5.5, the lowest on cleavage surface, which is parallel with the length of the er crystal; specific gravity, 2.826; luster on cleavage face, pearly, elsewhere vitreous: color, reddish to grayish white. An analysis yielded: Silica, 57.90; alumina, 13:55; protoxide of iron, 190; magnesia, 19:40; lime, 0-87; soda and potash, 4'50; lo on ignition, 2.86=100-98. Des Cloizeaux suggests that in view of its optical properties, it is probably an altered aluminous an thro phyllite. snär-ỹ, a . [Eng. snar(e); -y.] Of the nature of a snare; entangling, insidious. "Spiders in the vault their snary webs have spread." Dryden. ( Todd . ) snash, v . i . [Cf. Sw.snæsa=to chide sharply.] To use abusive language. ( Scotch .) snăsh, 8. [SNASH, v .] Abuse. (Scotch.) Poor tenant bodies, scant o' cash, How they maun thole a factor's snash ." Burns: The Twa Dogs.