bitter spar
English
Etymology
So called because it contains magnesia, which has bitter soluble salts.
Noun
bitter spar (uncountable)
- dolomite
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for bitter spar in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)