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Jurassic Rocks

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Limestone rocks; so called from the Jura; the Jurassic period is the geological period when these rocks were formed. Our oolitic series pretty nearly corresponds with the Jurassic.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Junk
Junk
Junket
Junner
Juno
Junonian Bird
Junto
Jupiter
Jupiter Scapin
Jupiter’s Beard
Jurassic Rocks
Jurisprudence
Jury Leg (A)
Jury Mast
Jus Civile
Jus Divinum
Jus Gentium (Latin)
Jus Mariti (Latin)
Jus de Réglisse (liquorice)
Jus et Norma Loquendi
Just (The)