英语词汇“millstone grit”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	millstone grit
释义	millstone grit Geol. [f. millstone + grit n.¹] A hard siliceous rock belonging to the carboniferous series and occupying in Britain and elsewhere a stratigraphical position immediately below the coal-measures. 1786Whitehurst Orig. St. Earth (ed. 2) 182 Millstone-Grit,..a coarse sandstone, composed of granulated quartz and quartz pebbles.1813Bakewell Introd. Geol. 136 A mass of coarse grit-stone, called by Mr. Whitehurst mill-stone grit.1876Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. xiv. 250 Thick beds of quartzose sand-stone known as the millstone grit.
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