a. Also 7–9 talky, (8–9 incorrectly talcy). [f. TALC sb. + -Y: cf. colicky.] Pertaining to, of the nature of, or consisting of talc.
1676. Phil. Trans., XI. 615. Some are marly…; some bolar, some sandy, some talky, some limy. Ibid. (1709), XXVI. 384. A foliated or talky Earth. Ibid. (1733), XXXVIII. 66. At last by encreasing the Fire to the highest Degree, there sublimed some white Talcky [printed Talckly] Flowers.
1746. Da Costa, ibid., XLIV. 405. Most of the talcy Bodies are of a fibrous Nature.
1799. W. Tooke, Russ. Emp., I. 118. There rises a talcky micaceous schistus out of the trapp.
1852. Th. Ross, Humboldt’s Trav., III. xxv. 58. The micaceous and talky slates of his country.
