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beige (iou) and inesite (iou)


beige (iou)



beige noun & adjective. M19.
[French.]
A. noun.
A fine woollen fabric, usu. undyed and unbleached. M19.
A yellowish-grey colour like that of undyed and unbleached wool. L19.
b. adjective. Esp. of fabrics: of a yellowish-grey colour. L19.

inesite (iou)



inesite noun. L19.
[from Greek ines fibres + -ITE1.]
Mineralogy. A triclinic hydrated calcium manganese silicate occurring as pink fibrous masses.