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Definition of Argillaceous
1. Adjective. Resembling or containing clay. "Argillaceous rocks"
Definition of Argillaceous
1. a. Of the nature of clay; consisting of, or containing, argil or clay; clayey.
Definition of Argillaceous
1. Adjective. pertaining to clay; made of, containing, or resembling clay ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Argillaceous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Argillaceous
1.
Of the nature of clay; consisting of, or containing, argil or clay; clayey.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Argillaceous
Literary usage of Argillaceous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report on the Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, and Zoology of Massachusetts by Massachusetts Geological Survey, Edward Hitchcock (1835)
"The argillaceous slate in Ihe vicinity of Boston, is intimately connected with
... It is considerably different from the argillaceous slate of Worcester, ..."
2. Petralogy. A Treatise on Rocks by John Pinkerton (1811)
"STRUCTURE II. WITH VARIOUS CRYSTALS. argillaceous ... Fragments of clay slate
are also found united by a spongy argillaceous tufa, an evident decomposition ..."
3. Cements, Limes, and Plasters: Their Materials, Manufacture, and Properties by Edwin Clarence Eckel (1922)
"It is evident that an argillaceous limestone low in magnesia, ... The most
important of these argillaceous limestone, or " cement- rock," deposits is at ..."
4. Cements, Limes, and Plasters: Their Materials, Manufacture, and Properties by Edwin Clarence Eckel (1905)
"argillaceous LIMESTONE: CEMENT ROCK. THE term "cement rock" is here used to
include all ... It is evident that an argillaceous limestone low in magnesia, ..."
5. Contributions to Economic Geology (short Papers and Preliminary Reports) 1917 by F. L. Ransome, E F Burchard, Hoyt S Gale, Geological Survey (U.S.), David White, Geological Survey (U.S. (1918)
"Upper Waverly series, not divided 344 Covered interval 60 6 Thin-bedded buff
argillaceous sandstones; which weather to thin shaly pieces; ..."
6. Outlines of an Attempt to Establish a Knowledge of Extraneous Fossils on by William Martin (1809)
"An argillaceous soil may be said to be a. 141. ... when argillaceous sandstones
constitute the principal strata. &c. &c. C. 143. ..."
7. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts by William Nicholson (1799)
"Concerning a -nnu Variety of argillaceous Iron-ore. ... A new Variety of Iran-ere
of the argillaceous Kind, ..."
8. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1907)
"With the exception of beds of heavy conglomerate in the vicinity of Bohio, all
of the sedimentary rocks of the Isthmus consist of argillaceous sandstones, ..."
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