Ceous

"Not fun," Bom insisted, making use of a herba - ceous stalk to return to his former level. ❋ Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- (1975)

[In defining words of this ending, combine the meaning of the suffix with the meaning of the root; thus, _cretaceous_ means having the quality of _chalk_.] 1. _creta_ ceous, chalk ❋ Elmer W. Cavins (N/A)

Words ending in ceous or cious, when relating to matter, end in ceous; all others in cious. ❋ Joseph Triemens (N/A)

The base of these stones is a horn-stone, mix ed with a few feltspar scales: they scarcely adhere to the tongue, and emit a slight argilla - ceous odour. ❋ Unknown (1812)

But whatever be the nature of this change induced oa fibrin by the alkalies, the former is by no paeanip aOS CHEM.CAL PROPEftTttiS converted, as M. Fourcroy has alleged, into a fatty substance with which the alkali produces a sapona - ceous compound, nor has it even the least analogy to any species of soap. ❋ The Medical And Chirurgical Society Of London (1812)

All the foil around Matera is not of the na - ture of tufa; 'for in many places it is argilla* ceous, and here and there is fome gyps, which ❋ Unknown (1795)

A fibrous or ftriated limeftone found near the lake Onega, which confifts of afbcftine or Ihorla - ceous particles, interwoven with the calcareous in the proportion of i per ct. the hardnefs of the former is 9, of the Ijtier from 7 to 8. h alfo contains 8 per ct. of argiil. ❋ Unknown (1794)

Ap - plied C A plied to leaves, that are longer than the feta - ceous or briftle-fhaped leaf; as in Ranunculus tiquatilisy Artem'ifia papillaris. — ❋ Unknown (1793)

Bill grey, with a dulky black tip ', ■ the head and neck are vina - ceous ❋ Unknown (1783)

Those which pass through sandstone, have the best chance of being purest; slaty clay, and all those argilla - ceous rocks that accompany coals, are often saturated with the neutral salts of copperas or alum, the result of the de - composition of pyrites which they often contain, or of com - mon salt. ❋ Unknown (1771)

Where granite., gneiss, quartz, and other sili - ceous rocks prevail, the soil will most probably be light and thin. ❋ Unknown (1771)

12 A TREATISE ON THE CONNECTION OF There are diilerent kinds of such simple, or, as they are frequently called, primary earths; those which generally occur, and principally regard the objedt of this Treatise, are, calcareous, or chalky; argiilaceous, or clayey; sili - ceous, or sandy; and magnesian. ❋ Dundonald, Archibald Cochrane, Earl Of, 1749?-1831 (1795)