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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SLICKENSIDES

n.A name which workmen give to a variety of galena in Derbyshire.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SLICKENSIDES

SLICKENSIDES Slick "en *sides `, n.

 

1. The smooth, striated, or partially polished surfaces of a fissure or seam, supposed to have been produced by the sliding of one surface on another.

 

2. A variety of galena found in Derbyshire, England.