What does geologize mean?
Geologize means To study the geology of a location in the field..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
To study the geology of a location in the field..
...those many valuable writers, who have unwisely lent their science to uphold and propagate the vicious doctrine of a chaotic geogeny, may geologize with full security...
We travel here in an extraordinary manner, but we cannot geologize by steam-boats.
We continued northwards in a zigzag line; sometimes stopping a day to geologize.
There was a certain wood, which, by rising at early morn, and taking the cheap train, I could reach at eleven in the morning. Here I would botanize or geologize at my will.
...and ploughmen will botanize or geologize on their way home from their daily toil...
And between the intervals of eating fruit, we will geologize on the way home, with this little bit of paper to show us where we are.
Scott presumably foresaw this, which may explain his decision to geologize on the return trip once he lost priority at the pole.
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Geologize means To study the geology of a location in the field..
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...those many valuable writers, who have unwisely lent their science to uphold and propagate the vicious doctrine of a chaotic geogeny, may geologize with full security...
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