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Webster 1828 Edition


Drusy

DRUSY

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Adj.
S as z. Abounding with very minute crystals; as a drusy surface.

Definition 2024


drusy

drusy

English

Adjective

drusy (not comparable)

  1. (mineralogy) Having a druse.
    • 1856, David Thomas Ansted, Elementary Course of Geology, Mineralogy, and Physical Geography
      A mineral having a drusy cavity is sometimes called a geode.
    • 1963, Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society
      ...before deposition of the upper layer of sediment, and before the infilling of the cavity with a drusy mosaic.