单词 | whin-dike |
释义 | > as lemmaswhin-dike whin-dike n. see dike n.1 9b. ΚΠ 1789 J. Williams Nat. Hist. Mineral Kingdom I. 29 Dykes of basaltes, or other hard stone, which are commonly called whin dykes. 1825 E. Mackenzie Hist. View Northumberland (ed. 2) I. 81 The Whin-dikes are filled with basalt, which has apparently issued hot from the interior parts of the earth. 1845 J. Phillips & C. G. B. Daubeny Geol. in Encycl. Metrop. VI. 619/1 A few faults in the magnesian limestone range of Durham and Yorkshire, as along the line of the great whindyke. < as lemmas |
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