acicular

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Mī′crolith, a name suggested by Vogelsang in 1867 for the microscopic acicular components of rocks.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Here, in storm or shine, is shelter from the winter wind or shade from the summer sun, while underfoot the fallen acicular leaves of the pines are impervious to the damp.

From Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch by Haslehust, E. W.

It was a ravishing country, a fairy-country of blue skies and fleecy clouds; of acicular summits and sharp-edged crags; of mist-hung valleys shimmering in the sun; of black chasms dizzily bridged by scarlet-flowered vines.

From The Azure Rose A Novel by Kauffman, Reginald Wright

Usually of a white or light greenish color and vitreous lustre, in acicular crystallizations.

From The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis by Getman, Frederick Hutton

The fragments are angular or rounded, small or large, and consist of bluish or reddish compact feldspathic matter, in which a few acicular crystals of feldspar can sometimes be seen.

From Geological Observations on South America by Darwin, Charles