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Webster 1913 Edition
Aqueous
1.
Partaking of the nature of water, or abounding with it; watery.
The
aqueous
vapor of the air. Tyndall.
2.
Made from, or by means of, water.
An
aqueous
deposit. Dana.
Aqueous extract
, an extract obtained from a vegetable substance by steeping it in water.
– Aqueous humor
(Anat.)
, one the humors of the eye; a limpid fluid, occupying the space between the crystalline lens and the cornea. (See
– Eye
.) Aqueous rocks
(Geol.)
, those which are deposited from water and lie in strata, as opposed to
volcanic
rocks, which are of igneous origin; – called also sedimentary
rocks.Webster 1828 Edition
Aqueous
A'QUEOUS
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