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Definition of Hornito
1. n. A low, oven-shaped mound, common in volcanic regions, and emitting smoke and vapors from its sides and summit.
Definition of Hornito
1. Noun. (geology) A low, oven-shaped mound, common in volcanic regions, emitting smoke and vapours from its sides and summit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hornito
1. a mound of volcanic matter [n -TOS]
Medical Definition of Hornito
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hornito
Literary usage of Hornito
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"Scattered over this surface were thousands of small mounds called hornito» or
little ovens, 6 to 9 feet high, from which issued steam and sulphurous vapors. ..."
2. The Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain by Sir Archibald Geikie (1897)
"... been of the less deep-seated nature of a " hornito " upon a lava-stream, we
may regard it as practically permanent. The full meaning of these statements ..."
3. Igneous Rocks and Their Origin by Reginald Aldworth Daly (1914)
"A hornito is a gas-emitting vent on, and originating in, a lava flow. The writer
has not been able to find in volcanic literature a clean-cut definition of ..."
4. Costa Rica-Panama Arbitration: Argument of Costa Rica Before the Arbitrator by Costa Rica, Pedro Pérez Zeledón, Vicente Santamaría de Paredes, Chandler Parsons Anderson, Panama (1913)
"... El hornito and Santiago, to the source of the Canaveral River; and thence by
the main channel of this river to its outlet in the Atlantic Ocean. ..."
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