felony, felon i, felonie, felon ye

[Fr. félonie, from Low Lat. felonia, from felo a felon; Sp. felonia; Ital. fell on i a.] IMG:content-1530.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1531.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1532.png:[blocks in formation] Geol.: A volcanic rock, having a base of felspar, with crystals of felspar, well as crystals and grains of quartz. It is called also Hornstone porphyry (q. v.). "Felspar porphyries are there regularly stratified."Murchison: Siluria , ch. iii. Sel-spath, s. [FELDSPAR.]