GANISTER

Etymology

Noun

ganister (countable and uncountable, plural ganisters)

A hard, fine-grained sandstone, used in manufacturing silica bricks for lining furnaces.

Anagrams

• Tangiers, Tasering, Tigranes, angriest, angrites, angstier, astringe, gantries, granites, inert gas, ingrates, rangiest, reasting, stearing, tasering, tearings

Source: Wiktionary


Gan"is*ter, Gan"nis*ter, n. (Mech.)

Definition: A refractory material consisting of crushed or ground siliceous stone, mixed with fire clay; -- used for lining Bessemer converters; also used for macadamizing roads.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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