oolite
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of oolite
1775–85; (< French oölithe ) < New Latin oölithēs. See oo-, -lite
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The building material consists of the oolite and calcareous stone of Lincoln Heath and Haydor, the surface of which, when worked upon with tools, appears to become quite hardened.
From Cathedral Cities of England by Gilbert, George
That part of the cliffs which consist of lias, the oolite series, and chalk, decays slowly.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
As he walked along hastily, his mind all fiery-full of bones and fossils, he came at last to the oolite quarry on the broken hillside.
From The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories by Allen, Grant
The next day brought us to the oolite limestones at Mont Bard, and we always spent the Sunday at the Bell in Dijon.
From Proserpina, Volume 2 Studies Of Wayside Flowers by Ruskin, John
The belemnites are the internal shells of a sort of cuttle-fish which swam about in enormous numbers in the seas whose sediment forms our modern lias, oolite, and gault.
From Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science by Allen, Grant
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