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Definition of Gritstone
1. Noun. A hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone.
Definition of Gritstone
1. Noun. A form of sedimentary rock, similar to sandstone but coarser. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Gritstone
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gritstone
Literary usage of Gritstone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1857)
"On the Alteration of Clay-slate and gritstone into Mica-schist and Gneiss ...
nothing more than an altered Silurian gritstone or an arenaceous slate rock. ..."
2. Petrificata Derbiensia: Or, Figures and Descriptions of Petrifactions by William Martin (1809)
"gritstone, a. part of the stone remaining in which it was lodged. ... A specimen
without the coat or bark. а. а. а part of the gritstone which surrounded it ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"Grieve, vn Sorrow, mourn, lament, suffer, bewail, feel regret, be sad, be
heavy-hearted, be in pain of mind, be anguished. 3. gritstone ..."
4. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1881)
"On the east side, about the same level, there was a course of red gritstone blocks
about ... gritstone ..."
5. An Introduction to Geology: Intended to Convey a Practical Knowledge of the by Robert Bakewell, Benjamin Silliman (1839)
"Passage of into red sandstone and gritstone.—Conglomerate and sedimentary transition
beds intermixed with trap rocks.—Lower transition limestone ..."
6. An Introduction to Geology: Comprising the Elements of the Science in Its by Robert Bakewell, Benjamin Silliman (1829)
"... its 1'assage into Red Sandstone and gritstone.—Errors of English anJ Foreign
Geologists respecting the Old Red Sandstone and Mountain Limestone. ..."
7. The Construction of Carriageways & Footways by Henry Percy Boulnois (1895)
"gritstone Setts. Sandstone, gritstone, whinstone, etc., are only employed for
paving purposes where these stones- abound and are cheaply quarried. ..."
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