Associations to the word «Schist»

Wiktionary

SCHIST, noun. Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates.

Dictionary definition

SCHIST, noun. Any metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.