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Abrade :: Abrade (v. t.) To rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; as, to abrade rocks..

Ditroite :: Ditroite (n.) An igneous rock composed of orthoclase, elaeolite, and sodalite..

Rocket :: Rocket (n.) Rocket larkspur. See below.

Overlying :: Overlying (a.) Lying over or upon something; as, overlying rocks..

Ledge :: Ledge (n.) A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks..

Myrrh :: Myrrh (n.) A gum resin, usually of a yellowish brown or amber color, of an aromatic odor, and a bitter, slightly pungent taste. It is valued for its odor and for its medicinal properties. It exudes from the bark of a shrub of Abyssinia and Arabia, the Balsamodendron Myrrha. The myrrh of the Bible is supposed to have been partly the gum above named, and partly the exudation of species of Cistus, or rockrose..

Shun :: Shun (v. t.) To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice..

Choke :: Choke (n.) A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a rocket, etc..

Pintail :: Pintail (n.) The sharp-tailed grouse of the great plains and Rocky Mountains (Pediocaetes phasianellus); -- called also pintailed grouse, pintailed chicken, springtail, and sharptail..

Panidiomorphic :: Panidiomorphic (a.) Having a completely idiomorphic structure; -- said of certain rocks.

Disfrock :: Disfrock (v. t.) To unfrock.

Oreodon :: Oreodon (n.) A genus of extinct herbivorous mammals, abundant in the Tertiary formation of the Rocky Mountains. It is more or less related to the camel, hog, and deer..

Encrinus :: Encrinus (n.) A genus of fossil encrinoidea, from the Mesozoic rocks..

Marble :: Marble (n.) A massive, compact limestone; a variety of calcite, capable of being polished and used for architectural and ornamental purposes. The color varies from white to black, being sometimes yellow, red, and green, and frequently beautifully veined or clouded. The name is also given to other rocks of like use and appearance, as serpentine or verd antique marble, and less properly to polished porphyry, granite, etc..

Floor :: Floor (n.) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.

Dump :: Dump (n.) A pile of ore or rock.

Petro- :: Petro- () A combining form from Gr. / a rock, / a stone; as, petrology, petroglyphic..

Mazame :: Mazame (n.) A goatlike antelope (Haplocerus montanus) which inhabits the Rocky Mountains, frequenting the highest parts; -- called also mountain goat..

Tor :: Tor (n.) High-pointed hill; a rocky pinnacle.

Score :: Score (n.) To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch..

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