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talc
Pronunciation Noun

talc

  1. (obsolete) Originally a large range of transparent or glistening foliated minerals. Examples include mica, selenite and the hydrated magnesium silicate that the term talc generally has referred to in modern times (see below). Also an item made of such a mineral and depending for its function on the special nature of the mineral (see next). Mediaeval writers adopted the term from the Arabic.
  2. (obsolete) A microscope slide made of a plate of mica, generally in use from the start of modern microscopy until the early nineteenth century, after which glass slides became the standard medium.
  3. A soft mineral, composed of hydrated magnesium silicate, that has a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, and usually occurs in foliated masses.
  4. Talcum powder.
Translations Verb

talc (talcs, present participle talcing; past and past participle talced)

  1. (transitive) To apply talc to.
    • 1940, Rubber Journal, Volume 99, page 479 ↗,
      "Generous talcing" is applied not only to the naked bale, but to the inside of the wrapper, and after stenciling, to the interior of the package. This talcing is repeated, "if necessary, dependent upon the number of handlings up to and into stores for steamer loading."
    • 1977, Great Britain Health and Safety Executive, Manufacturing & Service Industries, page 43 ↗,
      Three manufacturers have now produced separate designs for talcing boxes; one uses conventional techniques of brushing and vibrators, one is a fluidised bed and the third is an electrostatic applicator.
    • 1983, Aaron Elkins, The Dark Place, 2010, page 107 ↗,
      Then he talced his hands, slipped on a new pair of rubber gloves, went to the shapeless thing at the other end of the table, and began to work.
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