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slickensides
CIDE DICTIONARY
slickensides, n.
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- A variety of galena found in Derbyshire, England. [1913 Webster]
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