Schisty
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Containing or composed of schist; resembling schist; (of a wine) having a mineral aroma resembling that of schist
"1884, Reports from Her Majesty's Consuls on the Manufactures, Commerce, &c. of Their Consular Districts, Parts 1-5, Harrison & Sons, p. 114, https://books.google.ca/books?id=p73NAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_atb#v=onepage&q&f=false The Upper Douro wine began to fetch great prices, and this was the signal for the cultivation, bit by bit, of the whole region as far as the schisty soil, which gave the good wine, reached."
Example
More examples"1884, Reports from Her Majesty's Consuls on the Manufactures, Commerce, &c. of Their Consular Districts, Parts 1-5, Harrison & Sons, p. 114, https://books.google.ca/books?id=p73NAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_atb#v=onepage&q&f=false The Upper Douro wine began to fetch great prices, and this was the signal for the cultivation, bit by bit, of the whole region as far as the schisty soil, which gave the good wine, reached."
Etymology
From schist + -y.
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