01 n. Any crude mixture of mineral or organic matters in the state of a thin paste.
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Any crude mixture of mineral or organic matters in the state of a thin paste.
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A thick residuum obtained from certain substances after the fluid parts are expressed from them; the grounds which remain after treating a substance with any menstruum, as water or alcohol.(Med.)
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The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc.(Geol.)
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The amorphous or homogenous matrix or ground mass, as distinguished from well-defined crystals; as, the magma of porphyry.(Chem.)