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WACKE

\wˈakɪ], \wˈakɪ], \w_ˈa_k_ɪ]\

Definitions of WACKE

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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A rock of a grayish green colour nearly allied to basalt, of which it may be regarded as a softer and earthy variety See Graywacke.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

A German miner's term for a soft earthy variety of trap-rock of a greyish-green colour, resembling indurated clay, and readily crumbling down when exposed to the weather.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

n. [German]A rock allied to basalt, of which it may be regarded as a more soft and earthy variety. Graywacke, a kind of conglomerate gritrock.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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