Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TEM'A-CHIS
TEL'LU-ROUS-AC'IDTEM-E-RA'RI-OUS
TEM'A-CHIS, n. [Gr. τεμαχη, a piece.]
A genus of fossils of the class of gypsums, softer than others, and of a bright glittering hue. [Obs.] Cyc.
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