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Webster 1913 Edition
Oolite
O′o-lite
,Noun.
[Gr.
ω,ὄν
an egg + -lite
: cf. F. ooithe
. So named from its resemblance to the roe of fish.] (Geol.)
A variety of limestone, consisting of small round grains, resembling the roe of a fish. It sometimes constitutes extensive beds, as in the European Jurassic. See the Chart of
Geology
. Webster 1828 Edition
Oolite
O'OLITE
,Noun.
Egg-stone, a variety of concreted carbonate of lime; oviform limestone.