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Adobe
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) Earth from which unburnt bricks are made.
(2):
(n.) Alluvial and playa clays of desert and arid regions, differing from ordinary clays of humid regions in containing carbonates and other soluble minerals.
(3):
(n.) An unburnt brick dried in the sun; also used as an adjective, as, an adobe house, in Texas or New Mexico.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Adobe'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/adobe.html. 1828.