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ganister|ˈgænɪstə(r)|
Also 9 gannister, -ester.
[A local word of unknown origin.]
A close-grained siliceous stone from the lower coal-measures in Yorkshire, ground down to form furnace-hearths, etc. (See also quot. 1881.) Also attrib. and Comb.
1811[see crowstone 2]. 1829Glover Hist. Derby I. 53 Crowstone or ganister. a1835Phillips & Daubeny in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VI. 587/2 The ganister or calliard rocks of the coal strata. 1855J. Phillips Man. Geol. 191 Ganister measures. 1881Raymond Mining Gloss., Ganister, a mixture of ground quartz and fire-clay, used in lining Bessemer converters. 1883Yorksh. Archæol. Jrnl. VIII. 158 Alderman Clark noticed..among broken gannester, what seemed a curious stone. 1889Q. Rev. July 142 The lining used was Sheffield ganister. 1890W. J. Gordon Foundry 107 The ganister lining of the converter is replaced by bricks of magnesian limestone. 1902Daily Chron. 12 May 3/1 Ganister crushing. 1956W. Edwards in D. L. Linton Sheffield 13 Only the Soft Bed and Ganister Coal are locally fit to work. |