Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for POR-PHY-RIT'IC, or POR-PHY-RA'CEOUS
POR-PHY-RIT'IC, or POR-PHY-RA'CEOUS, a. [See Porphyry.]
- Pertaining to porphyry; resembling porphyry.
- Containing or composed of porphyry; as, porphyraceous mountains. – Kirwan.
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