Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The finest powder produced in the rubbing of rocks together. This flourlike matter is a constant product of glacial action and is carried away by the waters of the melting ice to be deposited as a clay-like silicious mud. Compare
rock-meal , 2. - noun Same as
rock-meal .
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Examples
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Finally, the rock-powder or "rock-flour," as it is termed, and the boulders, thenceforth known as "erratics," arrive at the terminal ice-face.
The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920
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The lakes are tuquiose-blue from the rock-flour from the glacial meltwaters, which augments an already dramatic scenery.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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a short distance and the water ran away in rivulets, milky-white on account of the "rock-flour" in suspension.
The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920
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