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Any crude mixture of mineral or organic matters in the state
of a thin paste. |
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A thick residuum obtained from certain substances after the
fluid parts are expressed from them; the grounds which remain after
treating a substance with any menstruum, as water or alcohol. |
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A salve or confection of thick consistency. |
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The molten matter within the earth, the source of the
material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc. |
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The glassy base of an eruptive rock. |
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The amorphous or homogenous matrix or ground mass, as
distinguished from well-defined crystals; as, the magma of porphyry. |
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