Laccolith

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:46:20

Lac"co*lite (?), Lac"co*lith (?), n. [Gr. a cistern + -lite, -lith.] Geol.

A mass of igneous rock intruded between sedimentary beds and resulting in a mammiform bulging of the overlying strata.

-- Lac`co*lit"ic (#), a.

 

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