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Definition of Shaly
1. a. Resembling shale in structure.
Definition of Shaly
1. Adjective. Pertaining to or resembling shale. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shaly
1. resembling shale [adj SHALIER, SHALIEST] - See also: shale
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shaly
Literary usage of Shaly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1878)
"Gray and dark blue shaly SS. (lower end of Tow-path road). Probably part of bed
ai top of ... Dark gray and blackish shaly rock, fossil» lower part. (13. ..."
2. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India by Geological Survey of India (1904)
"Carbonaceous fine shaly sandstone 3 „ shal I0 Grey shaly sandstone 20 Yellow and
mottled ... 4 Carbonaceous shaly sandstone 3 Coal and carbonaceous shale . ..."
3. Report of Progress in the Juniata District on the Fossil Iron Ore Beds of by John H. Dewees, Charles Albert Ashburner, Franklin Platt, Richard H. Sanders, Henry Martyn Chance (1878)
"SS red and gray ; beds of red shaly rock, shaly rock, red ............... J 27
466' Red beds ... shaly rock, gray and greenish, shaly rock, red and green, . ..."
4. Natural History of New York by New York (State). Natural History Survey, James Ellsworth De Kay (1842)
"CATSKILL shaly LIMESTONE. ... shaly Limestone, and Scutella Limestone of the
Reports. (PART OF No. 6. ..."
5. Geology of Wisconsin: Survey of 1873-1879 by Wisconsin Chief Geologist (1883)
"-I Crypto-crystalline. [ Porphyritic (the above combined). CLASS II. Basis of
Classification — The Structure of the Mass. Massive. Schistose. shaly. Slaty. ..."
6. Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories by Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden (1873)
"... weathering to a brownish color, shaly in many places 200 9. Alternate beds of
pebbly and compact limestones 200 Г 10. Thick beds of limestone in which ..."
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