DISTHENE, noun [Gr., two; force.] A mineral so called by Hauy, because its crystals have the property of being electrified both positively and negatively. It is the sappare of Saussure, and the cyanite or kyanite of Werner.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.