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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.

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slickensides

n. (plural of slickenside English)

Usage examples of "slickensides".

The butter-coloured cone of lamplight shone on wet gravel, on tumbled chunks of gneiss, on a treacherous slickensides incline, and on .