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Definition of Shorl
1. n. See Schorl, Schorlaceous.
Definition of Shorl
1. Noun. (alternative form of schorl) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shorl
1. schorl [n -S] - See also: schorl
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shorl
Literary usage of Shorl
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Mineralogy by Richard Kirwan (1810)
"The shorl may be either the common, or tour maline, ... Binary aggregates of
quartz, felspar, mica, shorl, hornblende, &c. are called by Mr. Hoepfner, ..."
2. A Treatise on Primary Geology: Being an Examination, Both Practical and by Henry Samuel Boase (1834)
"Remarks on the binary compounds of quartz with shorl, mica, or talc. HAVING examined
the granitic rocks of Cornwall, it is now proposed to turn our ..."
3. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"... a creeping: app. to the slow motion of a shorl-legged animal, as the lizard.
CREMATION, s. A burning. L. Crem-are, -alum, to burn. ..."
4. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"... blue tourmaline, blue shorl. Indict, v. д. (Lato.) Accuse (formally, by finding
of grand jury), present. Indictable, a. Liable to indict ecution. ..."
5. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"shorl-breathed and fat. Shall sit and pant in your great chairs for ease, And
pursy Insolence shall break his wind With fear and horrid flight. ..."
6. Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall by Royal Geological Society of Cornwall (1828)
"The constituents of this shorl-rock are both in distinct crystalline granules :
and white quartz intermixed with the black shorl produces a good effect. ..."
7. The American Mineralogical Journal: Being a Collection of Facts and by Archibald Bruce (1814)
""1 Feldspar Mica >• Garnet S- Quartz V Quartz |- Quartz shorl J shorl J ...
shorl /Mica /Quartz J shorl J Mica * This combination is from fome part of ..."
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