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Day-coal :: Day-coal (n.) The upper stratum of coal, as nearest the light or surface..

Substance :: Substance (n.) That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in which properties inhere; that which is real, in distinction from that which is apparent; the abiding part of any existence, in distinction from any accident; that which constitutes anything what it is; real or existing essence..

Scaup :: Scaup (n.) A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp.

Understratum :: Understratum (n.) The layer, or stratum, of earth on which the mold, or soil, rests; subsoil..

Sod :: Sod (n.) That stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward..

Seam :: Seam (n.) A thin layer or stratum; a narrow vein between two thicker strata; as, a seam of coal..

Superstruct :: Superstatum (n.) A stratum, or layer, above another..

Base-burner :: Base-burner (n.) A furnace or stove in which the fuel is contained in a hopper or chamber, and is fed to the fire as the lower stratum is consumed..

Basset :: Basset (n.) The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.

Undersoil :: Undersoil (n.) The soil beneath the surface; understratum; subsoil.

Stratum :: Stratum (n.) A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds of other kinds. Also used figuratively..

Strike :: Strike (n.) The horizontal direction of the outcropping edges of tilted rocks; or, the direction of a horizontal line supposed to be drawn on the surface of a tilted stratum. It is at right angles to the dip..

Subject :: Subject (a.) That in which any quality, attribute, or relation, whether spiritual or material, inheres, or to which any of these appertain; substance; substratum..

Shelf :: Shelf (v. i.) A stratum lying in a very even manner; a flat, projecting layer of rock..

Outlier :: Outlier (n.) A part of a rock or stratum lying without, or beyond, the main body, from which it has been separated by denudation..

Jump :: Jump (n.) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.

Basseting :: Basseting (n.) The upward direction of a vein in a mine; the emergence of a stratum at the surface.

Substratum :: Substratum (n.) That which is laid or spread under; that which underlies something, as a layer of earth lying under another; specifically (Agric.), the subsoil..

Stratagem :: Strata (n.) pl. of Stratum.

Rubble :: Rubble (n.) A mass or stratum of fragments or rock lying under the alluvium, and derived from the neighboring rock..

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