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Growan

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Growan
    (Mining) A decomposed granite, forming a mass of gravel, as in tin lodes in Cornwall.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) growan
    Granite.
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary Cf. Arm. grouan, gravel, Corn. grow, gravel, sand

Usage in literature

They occur both in the "killas" or clay-slate, and in the "growan" or granite. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3" by Various

First known as "moorstone" or "growan. "Pottery, for Artists Craftsmen & Teachers" by George J. Cox