Definition of Ochrous

1. Adjective. Containing ochre. ¹

2. Adjective. Ochre-coloured; brownish-yellow. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ochrous

1. ocherous [adj] - See also: ocherous

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ochrous

ochreate
ochreated
ochred
ochreish
ochreous
ochres
ochrey
ochring
ochrodermia
ochroid
ochroleucous
ochrometer
ochronosis
ochronotic
ochronotic arthritis
ochrous (current term)
ochry
ochymy
ocicat
ocicats
ocinaplon
ock
ocker
ockerism
ockerisms
ockers
oconee bells
ocotillo
ocotillos
ocra

Literary usage of Ochrous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of Bacteriology by George Miller Sternberg (1892)
"Upon the surface of agar an ochrous-yellow layer is formed, which at the end of four to six week* IKIS a breadth of about six millimetres at the lower ..."

2. Facts and Observations Towards Forming a New Theory of the Earth by William Knight (1819)
"The ochrous strata are extensive, (varying from an " inch to twenty-four feet in ... The ochrous stone is " never found but contiguous to the other basalt. ..."

3. Elements of Chemistry by Victor Regnault, James Curtis Booth, William L. Faber (1865)
"The most ochrous sands are frequently preferred, because the oxide of iron they contain imparts fusibility to the glass. I'ure alkaline carbonates being too ..."

4. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1912)
"In the first stage the iron oxide settling on the bottom, at first as a light ochrous mud, gradually hardens into crusts, having the luster, ..."

5. Records (1918)
"In the long trench no good ore was visible and the lower parts of the trench disclosed ochrous schists. The prospects of finding any workable deposits of ..."

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