a. Min. ? Obs. [f. SPAT sb.3] Spathic, spathose.
1803. Plymley, Agric. Shropsh., 50. The white spatous-ore, and considerable quantity of black-jack.
1811. Pinkerton, Petral., II. 207. Red felspar, in irregular spots,… in greenish spatous hornblende.
1834. Gentl. Mag., CIV. I. 175. The black hornblende is the only constituent which has a … spatous appearance.
