51³Ō¹Ļ

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encrinite

[ en-kruh-nahyt ]

noun

  1. a fossil crinoid.


encrinite

/ ĖˆÉ›²Ō°ģ°łÉŖĖŒ²Ō²¹ÉŖ³Ł /

noun

  1. (in the US) a sedimentary rock formed almost exclusively from the skeletal plates of crinoids Sometimes shortened tocrinite
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of encrinite1

1800ā€“10; < New Latin encrin ( us ) (< Greek en- en- 2 + °ģ°łĆ­²Ō“Ē²Ō lily) + -ite 1
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of encrinite1

C19: from New Latin encrinus (from Greek en- Ā² + krinon lily) + -ite 1
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Stoneā€²horse, a stallion; Stoneā€²-lilā€²y, the popular name of an Encrinite; Stoneā€²-māā€²son, a mason who works with stone; Stoneā€²-mill, a machine for breaking stone; Stoneā€²-oil, rock-oil, petroleum; Stoneā€²-pine, a Mediterranean nut-pine; Stoneā€²-plovā€²er, the stone-curlew; Stōā€²ner, one who strikes or kills with stones; Stoneā€²-rag, -raw, a lichen, Parmelia saxatilis; Stoneā€²-snipe, the greater tell-tale or long-legged tattler, a common North American bird.ā€”adj.

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Pinnā€²Å«le, one of the branchlets of a pinnate leaf: one of the lateral divisions of the finger-like stalks of an encriniteā€”also Pinnā€²Å«la.ā€”Pinnate leaf, a compound leaf wherein a single petiole has several leaflets attached to each side of it.

From

Encrinite, enā€²kri-nÄ«t, n. a common fossil crinoid, found thick in limestone and marbleā€”called also Stone-lily.ā€”adjs.

From

Entrochite, enā€²trō-kÄ«t, n. a wheel-like joint of an encrinite or fossil crinoidā€”also Enā€²trochus.ā€”adj.

From

Then, silently and with great caution, Dummy led on along a wild chasm of the same nature as others they had passed, and formed, evidently during some convulsion, the encrinite marble of which the walls were composed matching exactly, and merely requiring lateral pressure and the trickling of lime-charged water to become solid once again.

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