Red sandstone — Red Red, a. [Compar. {Redder} ( d?r); superl. {Reddest}.] [OE. red, reed, AS. re[ a]d, re[ o]d; akin to OS. r[=o]d, OFries. r[=a]d, D. rood, G. roht, rot, OHG. r[=o]t, Dan. & Sw. r[ o]d, Icel. rau[eth]r, rj[=o][eth]r, Goth. r[ a]uds, W. rhudd,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Red sandstone — may refer to: *Old Red Sandstone *New Red Sandstone … Wikipedia
Old Red Sandstone — Stratigraphic range: Late Silurian to earliest Carboniferous Cross section showing quartz and chert pebbles in a sample from central England (scale bar is 10 mm). Type Geological formation … Wikipedia
New Red Sandstone — Stratigraphic range: Permian to Triassic Lithology Primary Sandstone Other Arkose, conglomerate … Wikipedia
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old red sandstone — noun Usage: usually capitalized O&R&S : a thick series of fragmental chiefly sandstone rocks of nonmarine origin, predominantly red in color, and representing the Devonian system in some parts of Great Britain and elsewhere in northwestern Europe … Useful english dictionary
Old red sandstone — Old Old, a. [Compar. {Older}; superl. {Oldest}.] [OE. old, ald, AS. ald, eald; akin to D. oud, OS. ald, OFries. ald, old, G. alt, Goth. alpeis, and also to Goth. alan to grow up, Icel. ala to bear, produce, bring up, L. alere to nourish. Cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
New Red Sandstone — New New (n[=u]), a. [Compar. {Newer} (n[=u] [ e]r); superl. {Newest}.] [OE. OE. newe, AS. niwe, neowe; akin to D. nieuw, OS. niwi, OHG. niuwi, G. neu, Icel. n[=y]r, Dan. & Sw. ny, Goth. niujis, Lith. naujas, Russ. novuii, Ir. nua, nuadh, Gael.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Old Red Sandstone — ▪ geology thick sequence of Devonian (Devonian Period) rocks (formed from 416 million to 359.2 million years ago) that are continental rather than marine in origin and occur in northwestern Europe, Scandinavia, Greenland, and northeastern… … Universalium
New Red Sandstone — (engl., spr. njū redd ßändstōn), Sandsteinbildung der Dyas und der Triasformation (s. d.) in England … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon