argillaceous earth
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Consisting chiefly of an argillaceous earth, brought down by the rivers, floated about, and successively deposited in banks; forming the alluvial and fertile European settlements of Guiana.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
The argillaceous earth at the bottom of the pans was made hard to prevent the escape of the water by percolation.
From Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 01 by Otis, Charles P. (Charles Pomeroy)
Argill argill Aërated or effervescing argillaceous earth, or earth of alum.
From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Lavoisier, Antoine
The term mutear embraces all good argillaceous earth, from the light brown to the black, humic or ulmic deposit, found in the beds of tanks and lakes in Oude.
From A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II by Sleeman, William
For convenience' sake, I will call the marly rock by the name given to it by the inhabitants, namely, Tosca-rock; and the reddish argillaceous earth, Pampean mud.
From Geological Observations on South America by Darwin, Charles
