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Meaning of DRUSE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Druse\, n. [Cf. G. druse bonny, crystallized piece of
    ore, Bohem. druza. Cf. {Dross}.] (Min.)
    A cavity in a rock, having its interior surface studded with
    crystals and sometimes filled with water; a geode.
    
  2. \Druse\, n.
    One of a people and religious sect dwelling chiefly in the
    Lebanon mountains of Syria.
          The Druses separated from the Mohammedan Arabs in the
          9th century. Their characteristic dogma is the unity of
          God.                                     -- Am. Cyc.
    
 
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