macrolith
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macrolith — /mak reuh lith /, n. Archaeol. a stone tool about 1 ft. (30 cm) long. Cf. microlith, tranchet. [MACRO + LITH] … Useful english dictionary
microlith — /muy kreuh lith/, n. Archaeol. a tiny stone tool, often of geometric shape, made from a bladelet and mounted singly or in series as the working part of a composite tool or weapon, esp. during late Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic times. Cf.… … Universalium
tranchet — /trahn shay /; Fr. /trddahonn she /, n., pl. tranchets / shayz /; Fr. / she /. Archaeol. a stone implement with a horizontal, chisellike cutting edge, found at Mesolithic and Neolithic sites in macrolithic form, used as an adz, and in microlithic … Universalium
