See Also: lettiga(dictionary)

bastite (iou) and lettiga (iou)


bastite (iou)



bastite noun. M19.
[from Baste in the Harz Mountains in Germany: see -ITE1.]
Mineralogy. A greenish or brownish kind of serpentine occurring as foliated masses and having a characteristic schiller. Also called schiller spar.

lettiga (iou)



lettiga noun. E19.
[Italian from Latin lectica litter, from lectus bed.]
A kind of sedan-chair in which two people are carried facing one another.