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A siliceous stone, a variety of quartz, closely resembling flint, but more brittle; -- called also chert.

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  1. n. A siliceous stone, a variety of quartz, closely resembling flint, but more brittle; -- called also chert.
  2. n. a fine-grained metamorphic rock formed by the action of heat on clay rocks
  3. A siliceous stone, a variety of quartz, closely resembling flint, but more brittle; -- called also chert.
  4. A siliceous stone, a variety of quartz, closely resemblingflint, but more brittle; -- called also chert.
  5. n a fine-grained metamorphic rock formed by the action of heat on clay rocks