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Salamander’s Wool

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Asbestos, a fibrous mineral, affirmed by the Tartars to be made “of the root of a tree.” It is sometimes calledmountain flax,” and is not combustible.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Saker
Sakhrat [Sak-rah]
Sakta
Sa-kuntala
Sakya-Muni
Sal Prunella
Salacacabia or Salacacaby of Apicius
Salace
Salad Days
Salamander
Salamander’s Wool
Salary
Salchichon
Sale by the Candle
Salem
Salic Law
Saliens (The)
Salient Angles
Salisbury Cathedral
Salisbury Craigs
Sallee