arenaceous
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The breccia at Jaffna contains recent shells, as does also the arenaceous strata on the western coast of Manaar and in the neighbourhood of Galle.
From Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 by Sir James Emerson Tennent
The phenomenon that had broken over the arenaceous couch, upon which slept the four castaways, was neither more nor less than a “sandstorm”; or, to give it its Arab title, a simoom.
From The Boy Slaves by Mayne Reid
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
I found myself when I entered in a gloomy chamber hewn out of a brown arenaceous clay.
From Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Hugh Macmillan
Rocks, definition of, 14; divisions of, 14, 15; igneous, 14; aqueous, 15-18; mechanically-formed, 18-20; chemically-formed, 20; organically-formed, 20-37; arenaceous, 20; argillaceous, 20; calcareous, 20-32; siliceous, 20, 32-34.
From The Ancient Life History of the Earth A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palæontological Science by Henry Alleyne Nicholson
