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novaculite
[ noh-vak-yuh-lahyt ]
noun
, Petrology.
- a very hard sedimentary rock, similar to chert, composed essentially of microcrystalline quartz.
novaculite
/ nəʊˈvækjʊˌlaɪt /
noun
- a fine-grained dense hard rock containing quartz and feldspar: used as a whetstone
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Word History and Origins
Origin of novaculite1
1790–1800; < Latin novācul ( a ) a sharp knife, razor + -ite 1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of novaculite1
C18: from Latin novācula sharp knife, razor, from novāre to renew
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Example Sentences
The Quapaw and Caddo peoples lived here for thousands of years, mining the region’s ubiquitous novaculite, a type of flint stone, for weapons.
From Washington Post
Nature offers bizarrely dangling deadfall, glistening bits of white novaculite, fruiting wild shrubs, tweety birds, critter holes.
From Washington Times
The memorial consists of a bronze plaque along with the iconic park ranger campaign hat mounted on a Novaculite boulder.
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The finest of the novaculite rocks of central Arkansas are quarried near the city.
From Project Gutenberg
Novaculite, nō-vak′ū-līt, n. a hone-stone.
From Project Gutenberg
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