schistify
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "If the desired proportions are not attained naturally, the formation and deposition of coaldust may occasionally be considerably lessened by the adoption of simple precautions, such as: watering at the face, so as to lessen the dust deposits in the return airways; washing the tubs, and using sound tubs that will not shed so much dust in the haulage roads; and limewashing, which fixes the dust on the walls and schistifies the floor."
- "In other mines with a shale roof, the constant dropping of top- rock serves, especially when it tends to slake, to schistify the floor of the mines."
- "To the west along the strike from the main schist and quartz body, the conglomerate is drag-folded and schistified, and there is but little quartz or sulphide up to 430 feet from the shaft, where a schist lens has been trenched for 50 feet along the strike and 30 feet across at its widest point."
Etymology
From schist + -ify.