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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The rock that forms the walls of a vein or lode.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In mining, the rock forming the walls of a vein; the country-rock.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a rock immediately adjacent to a vein or fault
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