rock-born

Though always coarse, false, and vulgar, he has at least energy, and some degree of invention, as long as he remains on land; his terrestrial atrocities are animated, and his rock-born fancies formidable.

The Harbours of England John Ruskin 1859

The rivers receive their strength from the rock-born hills, from the unfailing purity of the mountain-streams.

A New England girlhood, outlined from memory (Beverly, MA) Lucy Larcom 1858

Mithras, the rock-born hero, heralded the Sun's return in Spring, 592-m.

Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Albert Pike 1850

Spring's return heralded by Mithras, the rock-born hero, 592-m.

Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Albert Pike 1850

Mithras, the rock-born hero [Greek: Πετρογενης], heralded the Sun's return in Spring, as Prometheus, chained in his cavern, betokened the continuance of Winter.

Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Albert Pike 1850

The moon, coming up from behind the distant horizon, shone upon this vast prospect, bathing one elevation of light and another in darkness, or reflecting her silvery rays across the frozen ground in sparkling gems, as if some eastern princess scattered diamonds upon a marble floor; then starting in bold relief the shaggy rock-born hemlock and poison laurel, it penetrated the deep solitudes, and made "darkness visible," where all before had been most deep obscurity.

The Hive of "The Bee-Hunter," A Repository of Sketches, Including Peculiar American Character, Scenery, and Rural Sports 1854