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Webster 1913 Edition


Slickensides

Slick′en-sidesˊ

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Noun.
1.
The smooth, striated, or partially polished surfaces of a fissure or seam, supposed to have been produced by the sliding of one surface on another.
2.
A variety of galena found in Derbyshire, England.

Webster 1828 Edition


Slickensides

SLICK'ENSIDES

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Noun.
A name which workmen give to a variety of galena in Derbyshire.

Definition 2024


slickensides

slickensides

English

Noun

slickensides

  1. plural of slickenside