magma

magma is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] Any crude mixture of mineral or organic matters in the state of a thin paste. Ure.

[2] A thick residuum obtained from certain substances after the fluid parts are expressed from them; the grounds which remain after treating a substance with any menstruum, as water or alcohol.

[3] A salve or confection of thick consistency. Dunglison.

[4] The molten matter within the earth, the source of the material of lava flows, dikes of eruptive rocks, etc.

[5] The glassy base of an eruptive rock.

[6] The amorphous or homogenous matrix or ground mass, as distinguished from well-defined crystals; as, the magma of porphyry.

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