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Webster 1913 Edition
Oriskany
O-ris′ka-ny
,Adj.
[From
Oriskany
, in New York.] (Geol.)
Designating, or pertaining to, certain beds, chiefly limestone, characteristic of the latest period of the Silurian age.
Oriskany period
, a subdivision of the American Paleozoic system intermediate or transitional in character between the Silurian and Devonian ages. See Chart of
Geology
.