PORPHYRY
\pˈɔːfɪɹi], \pˈɔːfɪɹi], \p_ˈɔː_f_ɪ_ɹ_i]\
Definitions of PORPHYRY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A dark-coloured rock, consisting of a compact feldspathic base, through which crystals of feldspar of a lighter colour are disseminated.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A term originally applied to a reddish igneous rock found in Upper Egypt; a term now employed by geologists to denote any rock of any colour containing embedded crystals distinct from the main mass or matrix; strictly spaking, those rocks which have a felspathic base.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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A species of very hard, compound rock, susceptible of considerable polish, and used in the fabrication of mortars and slabs for the apothecary.
By Robley Dunglison
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