Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In mineralogy, covered or lined with very minute crystals.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Min.) Covered with a large number of minute crystals.
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- adjective mineralogy Having a
druse .
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Examples
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At times the cleft narrowed so much that we could scarce squeeze up it; at others it expanded into great drusy cavities, studded with prickly crystals or thickly beset with dull, shining fungoid pimples.
First Men in the Moon Herbert George 2006
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The deposits of the National district of western Nevada, the most important war-developed antimony deposits of the United States, consist of stibnite veins with a gangue of fine-grained drusy quartz, cutting through flows of rhyolite and basalt.
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The quartz is generally very friable, full of drusy cavities, and broken up into innumerable small pieces that are often coloured black by the peroxide of manganese.
The Naturalist in Nicaragua Thomas Belt 1855
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Rushlow, 13, of Lancaster, Ohio, reacts with surprise as he is told that he spelled his word, "drusy," correctly during the semifinals of the National Spelling Bee on Thursday.
USATODAY.com News 2011
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Rushlow, 13, of Lancaster, Ohio, reacts with surprise as he is told that he spelled his word, "drusy," correctly during the semifinals of the National Spelling Bee on Thursday.
USATODAY.com News 2011
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Rushlow, 13, of Lancaster, Ohio, reacts with surprise as he is told that he spelled his word, "drusy," correctly during the semifinals of the National Spelling Bee on Thursday.
USATODAY.com News 2011
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Rushlow, 13, of Lancaster, Ohio, reacts with surprise as he is told that he spelled his word, "drusy," correctly during the semifinals of the National Spelling Bee on Thursday.
USATODAY.com News 2011
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Agates, drusy, sliced geodes & sizable opaque cabochons have seldom been more popular than they are today, thanks to designers like Melissa Joy Manning, whose newest collection pairs drusy with huge silver pendants.
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I’ve been doing a lot of rings with drusy quartz, amethyst, and crazy lace agate.
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I’ve been doing a lot of rings with drusy quartz, amethyst, and crazy lace agate.
qms commented on the word drusy
Geologists drink and get woozy
And soon become droopy and snoozy.
They fall into dreams
Of rocks laced with seams
And caverns aglitter and druzy.
February 2, 2018