Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DIS-DI-A-CLAS'TIC
DIS-DAIN'INGDIS-DI-A-PA'SON, or BIS-DI-A-PA'SON
DIS-DI-A-CLAS'TIC, a.
An epithet given by Bartholine and others to a substance supposed to be crystal, but which is a fine pellucid spar, called also Iceland crystal, and by Dr. Hill, from its shape parallelopipedum. – Encyc.
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