2. Adjective. Ochre-coloured; brownish-yellow. ¹
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Definition of Ochrous
1. ocherous [adj] - See also: ocherous
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ochrous
Literary usage of Ochrous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Bacteriology by George Miller Sternberg (1892)
"Upon the surface of agar an ochrous-yellow layer is formed, which at the end of
four to six week* IKIS a breadth of about six millimetres at the lower ..."
2. Facts and Observations Towards Forming a New Theory of the Earth by William Knight (1819)
"The ochrous strata are extensive, (varying from an " inch to twenty-four feet in
... The ochrous stone is " never found but contiguous to the other basalt. ..."
3. Elements of Chemistry by Victor Regnault, James Curtis Booth, William L. Faber (1865)
"The most ochrous sands are frequently preferred, because the oxide of iron they
contain imparts fusibility to the glass. I'ure alkaline carbonates being too ..."
4. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1912)
"In the first stage the iron oxide settling on the bottom, at first as a light
ochrous mud, gradually hardens into crusts, having the luster, ..."
5. Records (1918)
"In the long trench no good ore was visible and the lower parts of the trench
disclosed ochrous schists. The prospects of finding any workable deposits of ..."
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