arenaceous
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On an arenaceous strip projecting from the western edge the women were washing and panning where the bottom of the digging was below that of the river.
From To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative by Sir Richard Francis Burton
But there are other reasons for the comparative paucity of fossils in arenaceous strata, as we shall see presently.
From Geology by James Geikie
The Arabs say that, once “submerged” beneath the arenaceous “flood”, a man loses the power to extricate himself.
From The Boy Slaves by Mayne Reid
The greatest proportionate deficiency, however, is observable in the arenaceous region between the Danube and Theiss, where for the most part only periodical floods occur.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various
Sandy; partaking of the qualities of sand; brittle; as, arenaceous limestone, quartz, &c.
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 Sir Edward Belcher
