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▪ I. † ˈschistic, a.1 Obs. rare—1. In 8 erron. schystic. [ad. assumed Gr. *σχιστικός, f. σχιδ-, σχίζειν to split: see schism n.] Dividing, analytical. (In quot. humorously pedantic.)1742–3 Fielding Phil. Trans. Wks. 1771 VI. 500 We are forced to proceed..by the metabolic or mutative [method], not by...
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▪ I. schist1 Geol. (ʃɪst) Also 8 shist; and see schistus. [a. F. schiste (in 16th c. scisth, in 18th c. occas. chite, in accordance with the then usual pronunciation), a. L. schistos adj., fissile, readily splitting (lapis schistos, a kind of stone mentioned by Pliny), a. Gr. σχιστός (σχ. λίθος, ‘pr...
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