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shale
(encz) | shale,břidlice n: [geol.] Zdeněk Brož |
Shale
(gcide) | Shale \Shale\, n. [AS. scealy, scalu. See Scalme, and cf.
Shell.]
1. A shell or husk; a cod or pod. "The green shales of a
bean." --Chapman.
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2. [G. shale.] (Geol.) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a
thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.
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Bituminous shale. See under Bituminous.
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Shale
(gcide) | Shale \Shale\, v. t.
To take off the shell or coat of; to shell.
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Life, in its upper grades, was bursting its shell, or
was shaling off its husk. --I. Taylor.
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shale
(wn) | shale
n 1: a sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive
layers of clay |
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humic shale
(encz) | humic shale, n: |
oil shale
(encz) | oil shale, n: |
shale
(encz) | shale,břidlice n: [geol.] Zdeněk Brož |
shale oil
(encz) | shale oil, |
Alum shale
(gcide) | Alum schist \Al"um schist"\, Alum shale \Al"um shale"\, (Min.)
A variety of shale or clay slate, containing iron pyrites,
the decomposition of which leads to the formation of alum,
which often effloresces on the rock.
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Bituminous shale
(gcide) | Shale \Shale\, n. [AS. scealy, scalu. See Scalme, and cf.
Shell.]
1. A shell or husk; a cod or pod. "The green shales of a
bean." --Chapman.
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2. [G. shale.] (Geol.) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a
thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.
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Bituminous shale. See under Bituminous.
[1913 Webster]Bituminous \Bi*tu"mi*nous\, a. [L. bituminosus: cf. F.
bitumineux.]
Having the qualities of bitumen; compounded with bitumen;
containing bitumen.
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Near that bituminous lake where Sodom flamed. --Milton.
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Bituminous coal, a kind of coal which yields, when heated,
a considerable amount of volatile bituminous matter. It
burns with a yellow smoky flame.
Bituminous limestone, a mineral of a brown or black color,
emitting an unpleasant smell when rubbed. That of Dalmatia
is so charged with bitumen that it may be cut like soap.
Bituminous shale, an argillaceous shale impregnated with
bitumen, often accompanying coal.
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Marshaled
(gcide) | Marshal \Mar"shal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marshaledor
Marshalled; p. pr. & vb. n. Marshaling or Marshalling.]
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1. To dispose in order; to arrange in a suitable manner; as,
to marshal troops or an army.
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And marshaling the heroes of his name
As, in their order, next to light they came.
--Dryden.
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2. To direct, guide, or lead.
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Thou marshalest me the way that I was going. --Shak.
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3. (Her.) To dispose in due order, as the different
quarterings on an escutcheon, or the different crests when
several belong to an achievement.
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Marshaler
(gcide) | Marshaler \Mar"shal*er\, n. [Written also marshaller.]
One who marshals.
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Unmarshaled
(gcide) | Unmarshaled \Unmarshaled\
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Unshale
(gcide) | Unshale \Un*shale"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + shale.]
To strip the shale, or husk, from; to uncover. [Obs.]
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I will not unshale the jest before it be ripe.
--Marston.
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humic shale
(wn) | humic shale
n 1: shale that is rich in humic acids |
oil shale
(wn) | oil shale
n 1: shale from which oil can be obtained by heating |
shale
(wn) | shale
n 1: a sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive
layers of clay |
shale oil
(wn) | shale oil
n 1: oil extracted from oil shale by heating |
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