guhr

See also: Guhr

English

Etymology

From German Guhr, older spelling of Gur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʊə(ɹ)/

Noun

guhr (uncountable)

1. A loose, earthy deposit from water, found in the cavities or clefts of rocks, mostly white, but sometimes red or yellow, from a mixture of clay or ochre.
   • 1822, Parker Cleaveland, An Elementary Treatise on Mineralogy and Geology, etc.:

     Guhr. This is a loose, earthy deposite from water, and may be siliceous

Related terms

• kieselguhr

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “guhr”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Rugh, urgh