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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Basalt

/bəs-ôlt'/ · Ba·salt · IPA /bəˈsɔlt/
01 n. A rock of igneous origin, consisting of augite and triclinic feldspar, with grains of magnetic or titanic iron, and also bottle-green parti…
  1. 1.
    A rock of igneous origin, consisting of augite and triclinic feldspar, with grains of magnetic or titanic iron, and also bottle-green particles of olivine frequently disseminated.(Geol.)
  2. 2.
    An imitation, in pottery, of natural basalt; a kind of black porcelain.