Definition for SEP-TA'RI-UM

SEP-TA'RI-UM, n. [plur. Septaria. L. septa, partitions.]

A name given to nodules or spheroidal masses of calcarious marl, whose interior presents numerous fissures or scams of some crystalized substance, which divide the mass. – Cleaveland.

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