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Meaning of FLYSCH

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Flysch\ (fl?sh), n. [A Swiss word, fr. G. fliessen to
flow, melt.] (Geol.)
A name given to the series of sandstones and schists
overlying the true nummulitic formation in the Alps, and
included in the Eocene Tertiary.
 
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