Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Producing or containing clay or argil.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Producing clay; -- applied to such earths as abound with argil.
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- adjective Producing
clay ; rich inargil .
Etymologies
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Latin argilla white clay + -ferous.
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Examples
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- clay, especially used in pottery. argillaceous, argillous, adj. containing clay; clay-like. argilliferous, adj. yielding or containing clay. argilloid, argol, argal
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