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Definition of Ochery
1. a. Ocherous.
Definition of Ochery
1. Adjective. ocherous ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ochery
1. ocherous [adj] - See also: ocherous
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ochery
Literary usage of Ochery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences by Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences (1875)
"Orbicular ochery, moderate, ringed incompletely with black, with blackish center.
Ren- iform very large, somewhat 8-shaped, being medially constricted, ..."
2. Tariff Information Surveys on the Articles in Paragraph 1- of the Tariff Act by United States Tariff Commission (1921)
"OCHER AND ochery EARTHS. [Par. 55, Act of 1913, 5 per cent ad valorem. ...
Ocher or ochery earth is a natural!}' occuring mineral pigment composed largely ..."
3. British Farmer's Magazine (1865)
"Waters containing this ingredient are recognized by the ochery deposit they
produce in following along the carriers ; and waters which deposit this ..."
4. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1881)
"Anterior wings reddish-brown and blackish, slightly dusted with ochery scales.
The style of ornamentation recalls castanea or the grandis group of Mamestra. ..."
5. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1789)
"... nn iron-colour varied with white : the tail is biack in the middle; and at
the fides of an ochery colour j the bill is yellow, und the feet black. 46. ..."
6. The Mineral Industry (1897)
"1800 cu. m., 83200; in 1894, ochery earth, 250 cu. in.. 81000: feldspar. 2150 cu.
111., $3560; in 1895. ochery earth. 500 cu. in., S2<XX): feldspar, ..."
7. Synopsis of the Decisions of the Treasury Department on the Construction of by United States Dept. of the Treasury, Dept. of the Treasury, United States (1893)
"ochery earths—Red earth. More the US General Appraisers at New York, ... t The
collector classified and assessed the goods as a species of "ochery ..."
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