aerolite
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- aerolitic adjective
Etymology
Origin of aerolite
Example Sentences
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Buried a yard deep in the ground, it was the most massive aerolite ever turned up in that State.*
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week Harvey Harlow Nininger, Colorado meteorite expert, revealed discovery of a 700-lb. aerolite by a farmer near Hugoton, Kans.
From Time Magazine Archive
Diogenes Laertius, on the aerolite of Aegos Potamos, 116, 122, 134.
From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Humboldt, Alexander von
This aerolite could not be the object in question, for how could an aerolite blow a trumpet?
From Robur the Conqueror by Verne, Jules
M. Tissot, the astronomer, had, at half-past ten the previous night, observed through the 40-inch telescope of the Nice observatory a body which seemed a tiny planet or aerolite of abnormal size.
From The Lord of the Sea by Shiel, M. P. (Matthew Phipps)
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