Tach″y‐lyte (?), n. [Gr. ταχύσ quick + λύειν to dissolve.] (Min.) A vitreous form of basalt; — so called because decompposable by acids and readily fusible.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.