n. [ G. ] (Geol.) A crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz, feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially the mica, arranged in planes, so that it breaks rather easily into coarse slabs or flags. Hornblende sometimes takes the place of the mica, and it is then called hornblendic gneissorsyenitic gneiss. Similar varieties of related rocks are also called gneiss. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gneiss + -oid. ] Resembling gneiss; having some of the characteristics of gneiss; -- applied to rocks of an intermediate character between granite and gneiss, or mica slate and gneiss. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ From D. niezen to sneeze + hout wood. ] (Bot.) The mahogany-like wood of the South African tree Pteroxylon utile, the sawdust of which causes violent sneezing (whence the name). Also called sneezewood. [ 1913 Webster ]
[こばんざめ, kobanzame] (n) (1) (uk) remora; suckerfish; sharksucker (any fish of family Echeneidae); (2) live sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates) [Add to Longdo]
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