Definition of Greensands

1. Noun. (plural of greensand) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Greensands

1. greensand [n] - See also: greensand

Lexicographical Neighbors of Greensands

greenmailed
greenmailer
greenmailers
greenmailing
greenmails
greenmarket
greenmarkets
greenness
greennesses
greenockite
greenockites
greenroom
greenrooms
greens
greensand
greensands (current term)
greenscreen
greenscreens
greenshank
greenshanks
greenshirt
greensick
greensickness
greensicknesses
greenside
greenskeeper
greenskeepers
greenskeeping
greenspace
greenspaces

Literary usage of Greensands

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Rocks of Cape Colville Peninsula, Auckland, New Zealand by William Johnson Sollas, Alexander McKay (1906)
"The greensands underlie white chalky limestones, and in their softer parts ... Where the specimen was collected the greensands are more indurated than is ..."

2. A Geological Inquiry Respecting the Water-bearing Strata of the Country by Joseph Prestwich (1895)
"On the probable Quality of the Water in the deep-seated Beds of the Upper and Lower greensands.* 137. ALTHOUGH this is a question on which it is not ..."

3. The Cretaceous Rocks of Britain by Alfred John Jukes-Browne, William Hill (1900)
"Hailstone who called his attention to this identity, for that writer described the Gault of Cambridgeshire under that name in 1816.4 The greensands (Upper ..."

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