Meaning of furruginous | Babel Free

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Adjective. [C1]

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“1804 Antoine François comte de Fourcroy: A general system of chemical knowledge The quartzose iron⟳ is somewhat difficult of treatment, nevertheless it does not resist⟳ the long-continued action of acids any more than furruginous sands and the different species of ochres.”

“1804 Anthony Florian Madinger Willich: The Domestic Encyclopaedia; Or, A Dictionary of Facts The natural coral seems to receive⟳ its colour from iron⟳, as spirit of vitriol acquires from it a furruginous taste⟳; and on calcination, some particles are discoverable among the ashes, that are attracted by the magnet.”

“1839 John Beck: Beck's, late Fairfax's, Leamington guide⟳ In advancing nearer the surface, the fluid thus impregnated meets with a stratum of porus iron-stone, which is combined with the silica, and which, in digging Mr. Smart's well, has been found to exist⟳ under the town; and hence the furruginous bi-silicate.”

“There are a few ledges of partly consolidated gravel conglomerate, and locally near the base⟳ of the cut⟳ is 4 to 6 feet of sand that has been indurated by a dark furruginous cement, forming a sandstone.”

“1823 William Scoresby: Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale-fishery The caterpillar feeds on the Kola; it is grey, with alternate rows of white and furruginous spines; the pupa yellowish, variegated with black.”

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