Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AL'BIN
AL-BI-GEN'SES, or AL-BE-GEOIS'AL-BI'NO
AL'BIN, n. [L. albus, white.]
A mineral, of opake white color, consisting of aggregated crystaline lamins, found in Bohemia. This is regarded as a variety of apophyllite. – Werner. Cleaveland.
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