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Definition or meaning of the English word Gneiss
A crystalline rock; consisting; like granite; of quartz; feldspar; and mica; but having these materials; especially the mica; arranged in planes; so that it breaks rather easily into coarse slabs or flags. Hornblende sometimes takes the place of the mica; (n.).
