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Base-burner :: Base-burner (n.) A furnace or stove in which the fuel is contained in a hopper or chamber, and is fed to the fire as the lower stratum is consumed..

Strata :: Stratums (pl. ) of Stratu.

Outlier :: Outlier (n.) A part of a rock or stratum lying without, or beyond, the main body, from which it has been separated by denudation..

Basset :: Basset (n.) The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.

Ledge :: Ledge (n.) A layer or stratum.

Sod :: Sod (n.) That stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward..

Rubble :: Rubble (n.) A mass or stratum of fragments or rock lying under the alluvium, and derived from the neighboring rock..

Strike :: Strike (n.) The horizontal direction of the outcropping edges of tilted rocks; or, the direction of a horizontal line supposed to be drawn on the surface of a tilted stratum. It is at right angles to the dip..

Rampart :: Rampart (n.) A broad embankment of earth round a place, upon which the parapet is raised. It forms the substratum of every permanent fortification..

Drill :: Drill (v. t.) To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling; as, waters drilled through a sandy stratum..

Trouble :: Trouble (v. t.) A fault or interruption in a stratum.

Scagliola :: Scagliola (n.) An imitation of any veined and ornamental stone, as marble, formed by a substratum of finely ground gypsum mixed with glue, the surface of which, while soft, is variegated with splinters of marble, spar, granite, etc., and subsequently colored and polished..

Cledge :: Cledge (n.) The upper stratum of fuller's earth.

Superstruct :: Superstatum (n.) A stratum, or layer, above another..

Pan :: Pan (n.) The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil. See Hard pan, under Hard..

Mine :: Mine (v. t.) To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine; hence, to ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means..

Hardpan :: Hardpan (n.) The hard substratum. Same as Hard pan, under Hard, a..

Understratum :: Understratum (n.) The layer, or stratum, of earth on which the mold, or soil, rests; subsoil..

Outcrop :: Outcrop (n.) The coming out of a stratum to the surface of the ground.

Understratums :: Understratums (pl. ) of Understratu.

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