asbestic

[Eng., ., as best (os); ic] Pertaining to asbestos; made of asbestos. IMG:content-0784.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Like asbestos; incombustible. (Johnson.) as-běs'-toid, a. & s. [Gr. άσβεστος ( asbestos ), and εἶδος ( eidos ) = form.] 1. As adjective: Of the form of asbestos; fibrous. 2. As substantive: A mineral resembling asbestos in form. It is called also By olite (q.v.).