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roˈriferous, a. rare.
[f. L. rōrifer + -ous.]
Bringing or bearing dew. Also transf.
1656Blount Glossogr. 1672–3Grew Anat. Pl. (1682) 67 The Succus or Sap they carry, seems to be a kind of Dewy Vapour, therefore, they may not improperly be called Roriferous or Vapour-Vessels. 1728Chambers Cycl. s.v., Roriferous-Duct, q.d. Dew-dropping Pipe; a Name given the Thoracick Duct, from its slow Manner of conveying..the Chyle into the common Stream of Blood. 1851Dunglison Med. Dict., Roriferous, an epithet given to vessels which pour exhaled fluids on the surface of organs.
So roˈrifluent a., ‘flowing with dew’ (Johnson, 1755); roˈrifluous [ad. L. rōrifluus], a., ‘flowing with dew’ (Bailey, vol. II, 1727); roˈrigenous a., ‘produced of dew’ (ibid.). |