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Snyder, Ruth(dictionary)
schist(medicine)
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Snyder, Ruth (oh) and schist (medicine)


Snyder, Ruth (oh)



(1894-1928) a woman famous for being photographed while being killed in the electric chair in Sing Sing prison in the US

schist (medicine)


schist
<geology> Any crystalline rock having a foliated structure (see Foliation) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. The common kinds are mica schist, and hornblendic schist, consisting chiefly of quartz with mica or hornblende and often feldspar.

Origin: Gr. Divided, divisible, fr. To divide: cf. F. Schiste. See Schism.

Source: Websters Dictionary