ROCKING-STONES
\ɹˈɒkɪŋstˈə͡ʊnz], \ɹˈɒkɪŋstˈəʊnz], \ɹ_ˈɒ_k_ɪ_ŋ_s_t_ˈəʊ_n_z]\
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(Geol.) Blocks weatherworn, and poised so finely as to oscillate, by a little force; chiefly granitic; some seem to be artificial. The harder masses of granite, remaining when denudation, acting along the fissures due to consolidation, has removed the rest, leave tors and sometimes poised stones.
By Henry Percy Smith
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hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.