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adjective

Igneous adj.

Pertaining to, having the nature of, fire; containing fire; resembling fire; as, an igneous appearance.

(Geol.) Resulting from, or produced by, the action of fire; as, lavas and basalt are igneous rocks.

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Etymology of 'Igneous'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Igneous" Quotes from Famous Books

... to afford evidence of ancient paroxysms of nature, but we cannot consider igneous rocks proof of any exceptional paroxysms. Rather, we find ourselves compelled to regard igneous rocks as an aggregate effect of innumerable eruptions, of various degrees of violence, at various times, and to consider mountain chains as the accumulative results of these ...

— The World's Greatest Books - Volume 15 - Science • Various

... mountains is seen the sombre brown in the bare rocks. The whole region was at one time violently disturbed by seismic force and the glow of its quenched fires has even yet scarcely faded away. Large masses of igneous rocks and broad streams of vitrified lava bear mute testimony of the change, when, by some mighty subterranean force, the tumultuous sea was rolled back from its pristine bed and, in its stead, lofty mountains lifted their bald beads above the surrounding desolation, and stand ...

— Arizona Sketches • Joseph A. Munk

... this igneous origin of the earth, Mairan and Buffon cited already the high temperature of deep mines, and, among others, those of the mines of Giromagny. It appears evident that if the earth was formerly incandescent, we should not fail ...

— Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men • Francois Arago

... man is a little world or microcosm, and in him are represented all the elements which are to be found in the great world or macrocosm. Some diseases, he averred, require earthy remedies, others aqueous or atmospheric, and still others, igneous. Paracelsus was thoroughly imbued with the cabalistic theories prevalent in his time, and traced analogies between the stars and various portions of the human body. His fame as the greatest of charlatans appears to have ...

— Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery • Robert Means Lawrence

... covered with ashes, tufa, and lava, from the first recorded eruption of Vesuvius more than seventeen hundred years ago, should have been constructed of volcanic materials produced by some antecedent igneous action of the mountain in times beyond the reach of history; and it is still more remarkable that men should have gone on for so many ages making erections in spots where their works have been so often destroyed, inattentive ...

— Consolations in Travel - or, the Last Days of a Philosopher • Humphrey Davy

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