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Definition of Lathlike
1. like a lath [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lathlike
Literary usage of Lathlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Educational Series of Rock Specimens, Collected and Distributed by the by Joseph Silas Diller (1898)
"In this case the more or less lathlike oligoclase crystals, together with the
micas, lie embedded in the clear, irregular grains of the orthoclase and ..."
2. Bulletin by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1899)
"The augite is more or less altered, and everywhere lies between the lathlike
feldspar individuals. Where fresh a light-brown color prevails. ..."
3. The Gneisses, Gabbro-schists, and Associated Rocks of Southwestern Minnesota by Christopher Webber Hall (1899)
"The augite is more or less altered, and everywhere lies between the lathlike
feldspar individuals. Where fresh a light-brown color prevails. ..."
4. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1890)
"... the lathlike feldspar crystals are still visible, and between them lies a
little quartz in grains, the shape of which is determined by the former. ..."
5. History of Arizona by Thomas Edwin Farish (1918)
"Each held, one in each hand, two wands or swords of lathlike proportions, ornamented
with snake-lightning in blue. "The medicine-men emitted a peculiar ..."
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