pele
81Pele's tears — USGS PHOTO GLOSSARY OF VOLCANIC TERMS Small bits of molten lava in fountains can cool quickly and solidify into glass particles shaped like spheres or tear drops called Pele s tears, named after Pele, the Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes. They are… …
82pele's tears — noun plural Usage: usually capitalized P Etymology: after Pele, Hawaiian volcano goddess 1. : small drops of volcanic glass 2. Hawaii : a clear chalcedony or opal in cabochon cut * * * drops of volcanic glass, often with pendent threads, thrown… …
83Pele's hair — /pay layz, pee leez/ volcanic glass thread, usually basaltic, caused by the solidification of exploding or ejected lava in the open air. [1840 50; trans. of Hawaiian lauoho o Pele hair of Pele (goddess of the volcano Kilauea)] * * * …
84Pele's tears — drops of volcanic glass, often with pendent threads, thrown out during a volcanic eruption. [named after Pele; see PELE S HAIR] * * * …
85pêle-mêler — (pê le mê lé) v. a. Mettre pêle mêle, en confusion. • Cette confusion de places amies et ennemies, pêle mêlées parmi les unes avec les autres ne me plaît pas, VAUBAN Lett. à Louvois, 19 janv. 1673, dans Journ. des Débats, 27 avril 1862.… …
86Pele's hair — /peɪleɪz ˈhɛə/ (say paylayz hair) noun fine threads of volcanic material formed by the weathering action of wind, etc., on molten lava. {translation of Hawaiian ilauoho o Pele, from Pele, the fire goddess who inhabited a volcano} …
87pêle-mêle — a [pêlmêl] m, tudi neskl. (ȇ ȇ) knjiž., ekspr. mešanica, zmes: na odru smo videli stilni pêle mêle; neskl. pril.: glasbeni pêle mêle program …
88pele's hair — ˌpālāz , ˌpēlēz noun Usage: usually capitalized P Etymology: translation of Hawaiian lauoho o Pele, from Pele, Hawaiian volcano goddess : glass threads or fibers blown by the wind from frothy lava, the tips of lava jets, or drops of liquid lava… …
89Pele-type — adjective Describing an eruption or volcano similar to that of Pele on Io (the moon of Jupiter) …
90Pele Hair — ALASKA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY GLOSSARY A natural spun glass formed by blowing out during quiet fountaining of fluid lava, cascading lava falls, or turbulent flows, sometimes in association with pele tears. A single strand, with a diameter of less… …
