macigno (gn as ny)

[Ital.] Petrol.: A siliceous sandstone, sometimes con taining calcareous grains, mica, . *măç-1-len-çỹ, s. [Eng. macilen ( t ); -cy.] Leanne , thinne . "That palene and macilency in their looks and constitutions."-Sandys: Ovid. (Pref.) *măç -1-lent, a. [Lat. mac i lent us , from macies leanne , thinne ; macer thin, lean.] Lean, thin, emaciated. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, macintosh