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Definition of Matrasses
1. matrass [n] - See also: matrass
Lexicographical Neighbors of Matrasses
Literary usage of Matrasses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Panorama of Science and Art: Embracing the Sciences of Aerostation by James Smith (1815)
"Cucurbits, or matrasses, are glass, earthen, or metallic vessels, usually of an
oval or egg-shape, and open at the top. They are used for the purposes of ..."
2. Mineralogy Simplified: Easy Methods of Identifying Minerals, Including Ores by Henry Erni, Amos Peaslee Brown (1908)
"Closed tubes and glass bulb-tubes, or matrasses (Fig. 106), are used for heating
bodies out of contact with air. They are easily made of hard ..."
3. A Textbook on Metallurgy of Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, and Zinc by International Correspondence Schools (1902)
"A clean tube should be used at each new operation. Tubes may be cleaned by swabbing
with soft paper wrapped around a wire. 67. matrasses. ..."
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