cæment

A form of cement — A powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of concrete.

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Meanings

nouncæment (countable and uncountable, plural cæments)

plural cæments

  1. archaiccountableuncountableArchaic spelling of cement.

    We meet with a kind of cæment ſometimes kept in the ſhops under the name of maſtich.

    1764, “mastich”, in A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, volume 3, page 2035
verbcæment (third-person singular simple present cæments, present participle cæmenting, simple past and past participle cæmented)

present singular third person cæments · participle present cæmenting · participle past cæmented · past cæmented

  1. archaicArchaic spelling of cement.

    Religion is (rerum-publicarum quoddam quaſi coagulum) that which cæments Common-wealths together[.]

    1640–1653, Robin Jeffs (editor), Fast Sermons to Parliament: V. 1–34. 1640/41–1650/53, volume 21, page 175 (1971 publication; Cornmarket Press; →ISBN, 9780719130205)
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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