Mass"ive (?), a. [F. massif.]
1. Forming, or consisting of, a large mass;
compacted; weighty; heavy; massy. "Massive armor."
Dr. H. More.
2. (Min.) In mass; not necessarily
without a crystalline structure, but having no regular form; as, a
mineral occurs massive.
Massive rock (Geol.), a compact
crystalline rock not distinctly schistose, as granite; also, with
some authors, an eruptive rock.