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▪ I. glareous, a.1|ˈglɛərɪəs| [ad. L. glāreōs-us, f. glārea gravel; cf. OF. glaireux.] †a. Of soil: Gravelly (obs.). b. Bot. (See quot. 1880.)
c1420Pallad. on Husb. iv. 497 With stonys mixt hit stont in argillous Lond, and with grauel mixt in glareous. 1610W. Folkingham Art of Survey i. xi. 43 Their Vines are best fitted with a glareous soyle, viz. dry, leane and creachy. 1675Evelyn Terra (1676) 43 Be the Stones or Rock Glareous, Metallic, Testaceous, Salts or any other Concretes whatsoever. 1880Gray Struct. Bot. 413/2 Glareous, growing in gravel. ▪ II. glareous, a.2 see glaireous. |