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† ˈterreous, a. Obs.
[f. L. terre-us earthen, earthy (f. terra earth) + -ous.]
Earthy, of earthy nature; pertaining to earth or ordinary soil.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. v. 87 There remaines a grosse and terreous portion at the bottome. 1650Ibid. vii. xiii. 312 According to the temper of the terreous parts at the bottome. 1794Sullivan View Nat. I. xxix. 421 By the concretion of terreous and other particles, which..make either adamants, pebbles, or free-stone. |