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A cavity in a rock, having its interior surface studded with crystals and sometimes filled with water; a geode.

A pile of ore or rock.

A dwarf supposed to dwell in rocks and hills and to be skillful in working metals.

One whose occupation is to dye cloth and the like. Dyer's broom, Dyer's rocket, Dyer's weed. See Dyer's broom, under Broom.

inorganic matter composing part of the surface of the globe, in distinction from the firm rock; soil of all kinds, including gravel, clay, loam, and the like; sometimes, soil favorable to the growth of plants; the visible surface of the globe; the ground; as, loose earth; rich earth. Give him a little earth for charity…

Vessels and other utensils, ornaments, or the like, made of baked clay. See Crockery, Pottery, Stoneware, and Porcelain.

A rock consisting of granular red garnet, light green smaragdite, and common hornblende; -- so called in reference to its beauty.

Pouring out; pouring forth freely. "Washed with the effusive wave." Pope. Effusive rocks (Geol.), volcanic rocks, in distinction from so-called intrusive, or plutonic, rocks. -- Ef*fu"sive*ly, adv. -- Ef*fu"sive*ness, n.

Of or pertaining to certain veins of feldspathic or porphyritic rock crossing metalliferous veins in the mining districts of Cornwall; as, an elvan course.

The rock of an elvan vein, or the elvan vein itself; an elvan course.

A genus of fossil encrinoidea, from the Mesozoic rocks.

Of or pertaining to rocks or strata older than the Paleozoic, in many of which the eozoön has been found.

Formed originating on the surface of the earth; -- opposed to hypogene; as, epigene rocks.

Containing fossil remains; -- said of rocks, formations, mountains, and the like. [Obs.] Epizoötic mountains are of secondary formation. Kirwan.

borne away from its original site by natural agencies; esp., a large block or fragment of rock; a bowlder.

Produced by eruption; as, eruptive rocks, such as the igneous or volcanic.

imate; to value; to reckon. Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. Deut. xxxii. 15. Thou shouldst (gentle reader) esteem his censure and authority to be of the more weighty credence. Bp. Gardiner. Famous men, -- whose scientific attainments were esteemed hardly less than su…

A rock occurring in the Alps, consisting of saussurite and smaragdite; -- sometimes called gabbro.

A compact feldspathic rock; felsite. See Felsite.

Merostomata, of which the genus Eurypterus is the type. They are found only in Paleozoic rocks. [Written also Eurypterida.]