Historical Examples. 1  She had a hiccough and drops of blood oozed from the corners of her mouth. 2  Ernest turned a chuckle into a hiccough and followed Roger over to the well. 3  From across the room sounded a hiccough that ended in a dry hacking cough. 4  He say, Again mon frien' ees wrong;O-u-g-h is 'up' In hiccough..
Tectonic plates in Iceland. The tectonic plates whose turbulent interactions formed Iceland, are the Eurasian tectonic plate and the North American tectonic plate. Spanning the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Iceland emerged as a result of the divergent, spreading, boundary between these two plates and the activity of IcelandÂ´s own hotspot or mantle plume.
1. (Geological Science) a dark volcanic glass formed by very rapid solidification of lava. Also called: Iceland agate. [C17: from Latin obsidiÄnus, erroneous transcription of obsiÄnus (lapis) (stone of) Obsius, the name (in Pliny) of the discoverer of a stone resembling obsidian].bÂ·sidÂ·iÂ·an. n. A usually black or banded, hard volcanic glass that displays shiny, curved surfaces when fractured and is formed by rapid cooling of lava. [Latin. , misreading of. , Obsian (stone), obsidian, after. , a Roman who supposedly discovered it or a similar mineral .].