eolith

American  

[ee-uh-lith] / ˈi ə lɪθ /

noun

1. a chipped stone of the late Tertiary Period in Europe once thought to have been flaked by humans but now known to be the product of natural, nonhuman agencies.

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eolith British  

/ ˈiːəʊˌlɪθ /

noun

1. a stone, usually crudely broken, used as a primitive tool in Eolithic times

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Other Word Forms

• eolithic adjective

Etymology

Origin of eolith

First recorded in 1890–95; eo- + -lith

Example Sentences

The critics of eoliths have brought forward some facts that at first sight would seem to be of a very damaging nature.

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These he improved by chipping the edges, making them more serviceable, or chipping the eolith, so as to grasp it more easily.

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Well, I must leave Mr. Harrison to convert you into the friend or foe of his eoliths, and will merely add a word in regard to the probable age of these eolith-bearing gravels.

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Below the Mesvinian comes the nebulous region of "eoliths," which are not yet definitely proved to be of human workmanship.

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The antiquity of man being my immediate theme, I can hardly avoid saying something about eoliths; though the subject is one that invariably sets pre-historians at each other's throats.

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Related Words

• relic
• skeleton
• specimen
• trace