[1850â55; probably < Shelta mÅ­nnik name (alleged to be a permutation and extension of Irish ainm name)] - Originally meant a mark left by a tramp on a building or fence to indicate he/she had been there; therefore, a tramp's moniker identified him/her like a signature.
Define laccolith: a mass of igneous rock that is intruded between sedimentary beds and produces a domical bulging of the overlying strata a mass of igneous rock that is intruded between sedimentary beds and produces a domical bulging of the overlying strataâ¦ See the full definition
The term is derived from the Greek words sialon (saliva) and lithos (stone), and the Latin-iasis meaning process or morbid condition. A calculus (plural calculi) is a hard, stone-like concretion that forms within an organ or duct inside the body.