Flysch

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Flysch \Flysch\ (fl[=e]sh), n. [A Swiss word, fr. G. fliessen to
     flow, melt.] (Geol.)
     A name given to the series of sandstones and schists
     overlying the true nummulitic formation in the Alps, and
     included in the Eocene Tertiary.
     [1913 Webster]