dioriticadj.
/dʌɪɒˈrɪtɪk/ Of the nature of diorite; containing diorite.
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1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. vii. 55 A similar range..on the Atlantic side,..evidently a continuation of the same dioritic series.
1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. iii. 78 Dioritic Schist.
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adj.1847- to be settled of
- to be severe on
- to be severe upon
- to be shacked
- to be shacked up
- to be sharp or keen set
- to be sharp upon
- to be shet of
- to be ship-mates with
- to be shipmates with
- to be shitting it
- to be shook on
- to be shooting blanks
- to be shorn
- to be shorn a monk
- to be shorn in
- to be shorn of its beams
- to be shorn of one's strength , of one's authority, privileges
- to be shorn of one's strength ? in allusion to the story of samson, of one's authority, privileges
- to be short
- to be shorter by a head
- to be shot
- to be shot between wind and water
- to be shot by the board
- to be shot on the post