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schistoid
schistoid, a. Geol. (ˈʃɪstɔɪd) [f. schist1 + -oid.] Having the nature of, or resembling, schist.1852 Th. Ross tr. Humboldt's Trav. II. xxiv. 398 We saw in the mountains of Upper Orinoco,..granites passing into gneiss, and schistoid hornblendes. 1858 Mayne Expos. Lex. Oxford English Dictionary
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schistic
▪ 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... Oxford English Dictionary
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phthanite
phthanite Min. (ˈfθænaɪt) [a. F. phthanite: named by Haüy 1822 (phtanite), f. Gr. ϕθάν-ειν to anticipate + -ite1, ‘because its thick schistoid texture and argillaceous character seem to announce beforehand its passage into schist’ (Traité de Mineral (ed. 2) IV. 546). Dana spells it -yte, as being th... Oxford English Dictionary
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