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sectile, a.|ˈsɛktɪl, -aɪl|
[a. F. sectile, ad. L. sectil-em, f. sect-, ppl. stem of secāre to cut.]
Capable of or suited for being cut. †a. sectile leek [= L. sectile porrum Juv.], a dwarf or stunted variety of Allium Porrum. Obs. rare—1.
1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. II. 349 The Sectile or Cropt Leeks are such as are cut off for the Kitchen.
b. Min. (See quot. 1805.)
1805Weaver tr. Werner's External Charac. Fossils 196 Sectile are those fossils whose integrant particles are coherent, but not perfectly immoveable one among another. Sectile is a medium between brittle and malleable. 1839Ure Dict. Arts 1141 Bituminous shale is a species of soft, sectile slate-clay. 1879Rutley Stud. Rocks x. 157 Distinguished by its inferior hardness, being sectile, while iron pyrites cannot be cut with a knife.
c. Bot. (See quot.)
1899Heinig Gloss. Bot. Terms, Sectile, divided into small pieces.
Hence secˈtility, sectile quality.
1841J. Trimmer Pract. Geol. & Min. 97 A knife is also indispensable for trying the hardness and sectility of minerals. |