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Definition of Enhydros
1. n. A variety of chalcedony containing water.
Definition of Enhydros
1. Noun. A geode of chalcedony containing trapped water. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Enhydros
1. a nodule of water trapped in a mineral [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Enhydros
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Enhydros
Literary usage of Enhydros
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mineral Industry by Richard Pennefather Rothwell (1912)
"This enhydros has lost in volume through contraction (loss of water) and has thus
become a ... The enhydros is partially surrounded by a white, mealy mass, ..."
2. Nature by Norman Lockyer, Nature Publishing Group (1875)
"A large number of enhydros or water-stones were found at Beechworth in 1864. ...
Mr. Dunn describes the enhydros as consisting of chalcedony, irregular in ..."
3. Organic Remains of a Former World: An Examination of the Mineralized Remains by James Parkinson (1804)
"... or is filled by any other kind of earth, it is termed simply a geode: but if
it contains water, it is then distinguished by the name enhydros. ..."
4. The Journal of Science, and Annals of Astronomy, Biology, Geology by James Samuelson, William Crookes (1875)
"Dunn, describes the geological occurrence of the enhydros in granite and Silurian
sandstone, at Spring Creek ; whilst the other paper, by Mr. G. Foord, ..."
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