Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DAVI'NA
DA'VID-IST, or DA'VID-GEOR'GI-ANSDAV'IT
DAVI'NA, n.
A new Vesuvian mineral, of a hexahedral form and laminar texture; so called in honor of Sir H. Davy. – Journ. of Science.
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