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shale 
  n a dark fine-grained laminated sedimentary rock formed by compression of successive layers of clay 
  (Old English scealu shell; compare German Schalstein laminated limestone; see scale1, scale2) 
♦  shaly  adj 

burnt shale 
  n carbonaceous shale formed by destructive distillation of oil shale or by spontaneous combustion of shale after it has been some years in a tip: sometimes used in road making 
oil shale 
  n a fine-grained shale containing oil, which can be extracted by heating 
shale oil 
  n an oil distilled from shales and used as fuel 



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