syde

[SIDE, a.] Long. (Prov.) "Ye dinna carry yer coats ower syde ." -G. Mac Donald: Robert Falconer , i. 112. sy-dër-o-lite, subst . (SIDEROLITE.) A kind of earthenware made in Bohemia, and resembling sy-en-ite, si-en-ite, s. [After Syene, Egypt, Wedge wood ware. where first found; suff.- ite ( Petrol.).] Petrol.: A name originally applied to the granite of Syene, which contains hornblende, but now generally restricted to a rock which consists of orthoclase, felspar and hornblende only; or where quartz is present, only in sufficient quantity to be regarded as an acce ory, and not as an e ential constituent. By the increase in the amount of quartz, and the presence of mica, syenite graduates into a hornblendic granite. Petrologists recognize, as a typical syenite, the rock of Mei en, near Dresden. IMG:content-0712.png:[blocks in formation]