Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MEN'I-LITE
MEN'I-LITE, a.
A mineral substance found at Menil Montant near Paris, of the nature of silex, of a brown liver color on the interior, and ordinarily of a clear blue on the surface. It is found in the shape of the kidneys, of the size of the hand or larger; sometimes in globules of the size of a nut. Dict. Nat. Hist.
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