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OP If I remember correctly, Sherlock Holmes used to be portrayed smoking a Meerchaum pipe,
a large one with a sort of "S" curve, with bowl lower than the bit. I could never get mine
to taste right. Always too much condensate, and tongue bite.
meerschaum
n.
5Ger, lit., sea foam (< meer, sea + schaum, foam), transl. of ML spuma maris, orig. used of coral, calque of Gr halos hachnc: name transferred in 18th-c. Ger to a variety of lithomarge6
1 a soft, white, claylike, heat-resistant mineral, a hydrous magnesium silicate, H4Mg2Si3O10, used for tobacco pipes, etc.
2 a pipe with a bowl made of this
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Meerschaum wwh 12/05/02 07:50 PM Re: Meerschaum Faldage 12/05/02 07:55 PM Re: Meerschaum wwh 12/05/02 08:13 PM
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