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Definition of Pelite
1. a rock composed of fine fragments [n -S] : PELITIC [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pelite
Literary usage of Pelite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Research in China by Eliot Blackwelder, Bailey Willis, Rufus Harvey Sargent, Friedrich Hirth, Charles Doolittle Walcott (1907)
"pelite (?) SCHISTS. In addition to the foregoing rocks, ie, the slates and
fine-grained phyllite, there are certain varieties of schists which are known to ..."
2. A Treatise on Metamorphism by Charles Richard Van Hise (1904)
"... graywacke-schist, and graywacke-gneiss 883 pelite order 886 Mud family ...
and pelite-gneiss 894 Development of minerals of slates 898 Development of ..."
3. Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay by Fanny Burney (1842)
"... and that's the worst name I ever got from any of our English pelite bears,
which I suppose these pelite French quality never heard the like of. ..."
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