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Definition of Grassier
1. grassy [adj] - See also: grassy
Literary usage of Grassier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to Geology: Intended to Convey a Practical Knowledge of the by Robert Bakewell, Benjamin Silliman (1839)
"Calcaire grassier, or Coarse Limestone of the Paris Basin, supposed to be of the
same ABC as the London Clay. ..."
2. An Introduction to Geology: Comprising the Elements of the Science in Its by Robert Bakewell, Benjamin Silliman (1829)
"The lowest bed of calcaire grassier is soft, and much intermixed with green ...
In the lowest and middle beds of the calcaire grassier, no less than six ..."
3. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1836)
"In this quarry is to be found, immediately above the hard chalk, or caillasse,
a bed of calcaire grassier, then different alternating strata of limestone, ..."
4. Contributions Toward a History of Arabico-Gothic Culture by Leo Wiener (1921)
"It can be shown from a variety of sources that the grassier was frequently
dispensed with as an intermediary of trade. Thus Philippe-le-Bel in 1305 provided ..."
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