单词 | geodite |
释义 | † geoditen. Geology. Obsolete. rare. = geode n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > a stone > [noun] > concretionary or nodular > geode geode1623 geodite1802 potato stone1824 thunder egg1951 1802 F. W. Blagdon tr. P. S. Pallas Trav. Southern Provinces Russ. Empire I. 182 Globular pieces..which, on breaking them, were partly hollow, and contained sand not unlike regular geodites. 1808 Philos. Mag. 30 353 The system of the formation of these kinds of balls can only be considered as..not like geodites, which would have been formed apart, and enveloped subsequently in a porphyritical substance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1802 |
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