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† orycˈtography Obs.
[ad. mod.L. oryctographia (Baier, 1708): see orycto- and -graphy. Cf. F. oryctographie (1771 in Dict. Trévoux).]
The description of ‘fossils’ or minerals; descriptive mineralogy. So † oryctoˈgraphic, -ical adjs., pertaining to ‘oryctography’.
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Oryctography, is that part of natural history wherein fossils are described. 1811Pinkerton Petral. I. 95 Ferber, in his oryctography of Derbyshire, mentions iron-stone. 1857Mayne Expos. Lex., Oryctographicus,..oryctographical. |