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pitchstone
[ pich-stohn ]
noun
- a glassy volcanic rock having a resinous luster and resembling hardened pitch.
pitchstone
/ ˈpɪtʃˌstəʊn /
noun
- a dark glassy acid volcanic rock similar in composition to granite, usually intruded as dykes, sills, etc
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pitchstone1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pitchstone1
C18: translation of German Pechstein
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Example Sentences
I have brought from that locality a single specimen of pitchstone, perfectly resinous, bleak and shining.
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The lavas comprise dark pitchstone, resembling that at Kirk Yetholm, and porphyritic and amygdaloidal andesites and basalts.
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But this hyeh Pitchstone hole, if Willomene had went down into that—well, I'll tell yu', that you may judge.
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And she mighty near rolled off down into Pitchstone Canyon, comin' up by the cut-off trail.
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The walls, or banks, of the channel have been denuded away, thus converting the pitchstone casting into a projecting wall of rock.
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