morainicadj.
/məˈreɪnɪk/, U.S. /məˈreɪnɪk/ Of, relating to, or of the nature of a moraine; produced by or forming a moraine.
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1862 T. F. Jamieson Let. 15 Aug. in C. Darwin Corr. (1997) X. 463 The moranic [sic] hillocks..seem to have remained undisturbed.
1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man xv. 314 The ponds..consist exclusively of what M. de Mortillet has denominated morainic lakes, i.e. caused by barriers of glacier-mud and stones.
1889 G. F. Wright Ice Age N. Amer. 478 Morainic ridges.
1921 H. G. Ponting Great White South 103 Investigation of several of them [sc. conical hillocks] proved that they were either heaps of morainic debris..or the remains of huge weathered boulders.
1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. i. 85 Genuine morainic dams are probably commoner in regions of moderate preglacial relief that has been covered by continental ice sheets.
1975 J. G. Evans Environment Early Man Brit. Isles iii. 56 Fertile soils, developed on morainic material.., now blanket the valley floors.
1997 Sedimentary Geol. 111 135 A subglacial mass flowage and subsequent quarrying..was responsible for the formation of the morainic assemblage.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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