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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Kieselguhr \Kie"sel*guhr`\, n. [G., fr kiesel flint + guhr an earthy deposit or sediment in water.] Siliceous earth; specifically, porous infusorial earth, used as an absorbent of nitroglycerin in the manufacture of dynamite. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: kieselguhr n : a light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material [syn: {diatomaceous earth}, {diatomite}]
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