porphyry
pawr fuh ree
- n any igneous rock with crystals embedded in a finer groundmass of minerals
- This throne, of solid walnut, is tastefully gilded, embellished with columns of liver-colored porphyry and allegorical figures of Justice Power holding a large gilt crown.
- In the past two years, the squat Greek Revival treasure house on London's Great Russell Street has acquired, among other things, a 5,000-year-old porphyry frog from Egypt, a $1 .
- In the 22nd round, 13-year-old Elaine Hassell of Dallas, the last girl survivor, fluffed on porphyry (she guessed porfiree).