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Jurassic epoch; stone
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lias
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n. 1 A type of blue limestone present in parts of southern England. 2 (alternative capitalization of Lias English)
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Lias \Li"as\ (l[imac]"as), n. [Cf. F. lias, fr. liais sort of limestone, OF. also liois; perh. of Celtic origin, cf. Armor. liach, leach, a stone, Gael. leac, W. llech. Cf. Cromlech .] (Geol.) The lowest of the three divisions of the Jurassic period; a ...
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''See also Lia (disambiguation) . Lias may refer to: In geology: The Lias Group , a group in the stratigraphy of Great Britain, formed during the Late Triassic to Early Jurassic epochs. It includes the Blue Lias and White Lias . The Lias facies is found ...
Usage examples of lias.
En effet ce tiroir semblait appartenir au capitaine: sur plusieurs liasses le nom de Valentin etait ecrit de la main de Gaston, et sur une autre celui de Leontine.
It lias been a challenge to logic and to mathematics, an inspiration to neurophysiology and to the theory of automata.
Although, to my knowl edge, the matter lias never been investigated or even pub licly discussed, there is no doubt that tens of thousands o£ whales were killed by the men who hunted submarines with ships or planes.