Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SEM-I-PRO'TO-LITE
SEM'I-PROOFSEM-I-QUAD'RATE, or SEM-I-QUAR'TILE
SEM-I-PRO'TO-LITE, n. [semi and Gr. πρωτος, first, λιθος, stone.]
A species of fossil of a middle nature between substances of primary and those of secondary formation. – Kirwan.
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