basaltine

adj

basaltine

adj

Etymology From basalt + -ine.

1

Obsolete Consisting of, or resembling, basalt.

In this character she is represented by a small basaltine figure, of Egyptian sculpture, at Strawberry Hill, which is covered over with symbols of various kinds from top to bottom.1786, Richard Payne Knight, On the Worship of Priapus, section X:

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