Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for ECH'IN-ITE
ECH'I-NATE, or ECH'I-NA-TEDECH-IN'O-DERM
ECH'IN-ITE, n. [See Echinus.]
A fossil found in chalk pits, called centronia; petrified shell set with prickles or points; a calcarious petrifaction of the echinus or sea hedgehog. Encyc. Ure.
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