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lithoid, a.|ˈlɪθɔɪd|
[ad. Gr. λιθοειδ-ής, f. λίθο-ς stone: see -oid.]
Of the nature or structure of stone.
1841W. Spalding Italy & It. Isl. III. 299 A capping of lithoid tuff rising about a hundred feet. 1885A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 2) 108 By the progressive development of crystallites or crystals during the cooling and consolidation of a molten rock a glass loses its vitreous character and becomes lithoid; in other words, undergoes devitrification.
So lithoidal |lɪˈθɔɪdəl| a., in the same sense.
1833Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 124 At a greater depth the mass assumes a more lithoidal structure. 1852Th. Ross Humboldt's Trav. I. ii. 93 Lithoidal lavas. |