Definition of Oreology

1. orology [n OREOLOGIES] - See also: orology

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oreology

oreganos
oregon grape
oregonite
oregovomab
oreibasia
oreide
oreides
orenda
oreo
oreodon
oreodont
oreodonts
oreographic
oreography
oreology (current term)
oreoselin
oreosoma
ores
oreshoot
oreshoots
oreweed
oreweeds
orewood
orewoods
orexes
orexia
orexigenic
orexin
orexinergic

Literary usage of Oreology

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"... "oreology " are also sometimes used. ORONTES, the ancient name of the chief Syrian river, also called DRACO, TYPHON and Anus, the last a native form, ..."

2. Atlantic Journal and Friend of Knowledge by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque (1833)
"oreology. Relative Jig^e of Mountains. Beaumont who has lately paid peculiar attention to Mountains, thinks that he has found their relative ..."

3. The Life and Writings of Rafinesque: Prepared for the Filson Club and Read by Richard Ellsworth Call (1895)
"(49) oreology. Relative Age of Mountains. p. 105. (50) Geological Survey of the Alleghany Mountains of Pennsylvania, in 1818, from West to East. pp. ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... orology" and "oreology" are also sometimes used. ORONTES, the ancient name of the chief Syrian river, also called DRACO, ..."

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