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slick⋅en⋅side

  [slik-uhn-sahyd]
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–noun Geology.
a rock surface that has become more or less polished and striated by slippage along a fault plane.
Origin:
1760–70; slick 2 + -en 3 + side 1
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slick·en·side   (slĭk'ən-sīd')   
n.  A polished, striated rock surface caused by one rock mass sliding over another in a fault plane.

[Dialectal slicken, glossy (alteration of slick) + side.]
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slickenside   (slĭk'ən-sīd')  Pronunciation Key 
A polished, striated rock surface formed by one rock mass sliding over another in a fault plane.
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