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/grap"ee ay'/a by-product of the calcination of hydraulic lime, having similar properties and made from ground, unslaked lumps.[1900-05; < F grappier, deriv. of grappe bunch of grapes. See GRAPE, -IER2]
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Universalium. 2010.
grappier cement
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grappier cement — ˈgrapēˌā noun Etymology: French grappier, from grappe cluster, bunch of grapes (from Old French grape hook, grape stalk, bunch of grapes, grape) + ier er more at grape : a cement made by grinding fine the lumps of underburned and overburned… … Useful english dictionary
