Hypertext Webster Gateway: "novaculite"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Novaculite \No*vac"u*lite\, n. [L. novacula a sharp knife,
razor: cf. F. novaculite.] (Min.)
A variety of siliceous slate, of which hones are made; razor
stone; Turkey stone; hone stone; whet slate.
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