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‖ lapilli, n. pl.|ləˈpɪlaɪ|
[L., pl. of lapillus, dim. of lapis stone. In the specific sense orig. the plural of It. lapillo.]
Small stones or pebbles; now only spec. of the fragments of stone ejected from volcanoes.
1747Gentl. Mag. 523 Most of their lapilli are a fluor of the stalactite kind. 1833Lyell Princ. Geol. III. Gloss., Lapilli, small volcanic cinders. 1858Geikie Hist. Boulder xii. 237 Ashes and lapilli, ejected from some submarine orifice. 1875Lyell Princ. Geol. II. ii. xxvi. 18 Ashes and lapilli of the size of nuts [were projected] as far as 40 miles. 1883R. A. Proctor in Contemp. Rev. Oct. 567 A heavy rain of cinders and lapilli.
Hence laˈpilliform a., pebble-shaped.
1836–9Todd Cycl. Anat. II. 537/1 A small pouch containing..a lapilliform body. |