Associations to the word «Steatite»

Wiktionary

STEATITE, noun. (mineralogy) soapstone

Dictionary definition

STEATITE, noun. A soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel; used to make hearths and tabletops and ornaments.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope