About The Word Shale
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Shale
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What's The Definition Of Shale?
[n] a sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay
Synonyms | Synonyms for Shale: Related Terms | Find terms related to Shale: See Also | oil shale | sedimentary rock Shale In Webster's Dictionary \Shale\, n. [AS. scealy, scalu. See {Scalme}, and cf.
{Shell}.]
1. A shell or husk; a cod or pod. ``The green shales of a
bean.'' --Chapman.
2. [G. shale.] (Geol.) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a
thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.
{Bituminous shale}. See under {Bituminous}.
\Shale\, v. t. To take off the shell or coat of; to shell. Life, in its upper grades, was bursting its shell, or was shaling off its husk. --I. Taylor. |
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