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Definition of Ochry
1. a. See Ochery.
Definition of Ochry
1. Adjective. (alternative form of ochery) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ochry
1. ochery [adj] - See also: ochery
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ochry
Literary usage of Ochry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A System of Mineralogy: In which Minerals are Arranged According to the by Robert Jameson (1820)
"... with brown iron-ore ; Schneeberg, with micaceous specular iron-ore ;
Ehrenfriedersdorf, with magnetic iron-ore ; Eibenstock, with ochry red iron-ore ..."
2. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1844)
"Dr Hope is satisfied that the ochry tints of the Camellia are in no way dependent
on, ... That matter, which becomes of an ochry hue by the contact of air, ..."
3. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1844)
"Dr Hope is satisfied that the ochry tints of the Camellia are in no way dependent
on, ... That matter, which becomes of an ochry hue by the contact of air, ..."
4. Synopsis of the Neuroptera of North America: With a List of the South by Hermann August Hagen (1862)
"Under side fulvous, with bands ochry yellow, more or less edged with brown ; that
of the secondaries, with each spot of the antepenultimate band, ..."
5. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1843)
"Back brown, crossed by three or four ochry yellow bands, which are either in the
... The sides ochry yellow with small brown spots and vertical stripes, ..."
6. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1851)
"That matter, which becomes of an ochry hue by the contact of air, is very abundant
in the Magnolia, so that, if the cuticle be scraped off, in less than a ..."
7. Flora Bedfordiensis, Comprehending Such Plants as Grow Wild in the County of by Charles Abbot (1798)
"Cap brown, yellow at the edge, gills 4 in a set, ochry-brown, stem purplish at
the base, tapering downwards. — E. Fungi. 125. Shady woods, October, Rare. ..."
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