ganister
noun
gan·is·ter ˈga-nə-stər 
variants or less commonly gannister
: a fine-grained quartzite used in the manufacture of refractory brick
Word History
Etymology
of obscure origin
First Known Use
1811, in the meaning defined above
- beauty contest
- beauty culture
- beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- groundline
- groundling
- groundlings
- groundman
- groundmass
- groundmasses
- groundmen
- groundneedle
- groundnut
- groundnut oil
- groundnuts
- groundout
- groundouts
- groundplans
- groundplot
- groundplots
- groundproxes
- groundrow
- grounds
- grounds for complaint
- groundsel
- groundsel bush