Ganister

//ˈɡænɪstə(ɹ)// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A hard, fine-grained sandstone, used in manufacturing silica bricks for lining furnaces. countable, uncountable

    "Like those in southern Huntingdon County, the ridges of southern Blair County were often covered with ganister."

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"Like those in southern Huntingdon County, the ridges of southern Blair County were often covered with ganister."

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