(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:03:30

Mar"ga*rite (?), n. [L. margarita, Gr. a pearl; cf. F. marguerite.]

1.

A pearl.

[Obs.]

Peacham.

2. Min.

A mineral related to the micas, but low in silica and yielding brittle folia with pearly luster.

 

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