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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 trass
 火山土

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Trass n.  Geol. A white to gray volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed trachytic cinders; -- sometimes used as a cement. Hence, a coarse sort of plaster or mortar, durable in water, and used to line cisterns and other reservoirs of water. [Formerly written also tarras, tarrace, terras.]
 Note: ☞ The Dutch trass is made by burning and grinding a soft grayish rock found on the lower Rhine.
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