Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LITH-O-GEN'E-SY
LITH-O-GEN'E-SY, n. [Gr. λιθος, stone, and γενεσις, generation.]
The doctrine or science of the origin of minerals composing the globe, and of the causes which have produced their form and disposition. – Dict. Nat. Hist.
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