schisto

Italian

Noun

schisto m (plural schisti)

  1. alternative form of scisto

Derived terms

Portuguese

Noun

schisto m (plural schistos)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of xisto.
    • 1908, chapter II, in Carlos Moreira, transl., Relatorio final apresentado a S. Ex. o Dr. Lauro Severiano Müller, Rio de Janeiro: Imprensa Nacional, translation of Final report presented to H. Ex. Dr. Lauro Severiano Müller by Israel Charles White, page 20:
      As camadas superiores são de schistos, escuros no tope, azues e areentos embaixo, passando a um conglomerato massiço mais em baixo onde nenhum fossil foi observado.
      [original: The higher beds are shales, dark at top, but blue and sandy below passing into massive conglomerates lower down in which no fossils were observed.]
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