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Argillaceous
Argillaceous Ar`gil*la"ceous, a. [L. argillaceus, fr. argilla.] Of the nature of clay; consisting of, or containing, argil or clay; clayey. Argillaceous sandstone (Geol.), a sandstone containing much clay. Argillaceous iron ore, the clay ironstone. Argillaceous schist or state. See Argillite.
Argillaceous iron ore
Argillaceous Ar`gil*la"ceous, a. [L. argillaceus, fr. argilla.] Of the nature of clay; consisting of, or containing, argil or clay; clayey. Argillaceous sandstone (Geol.), a sandstone containing much clay. Argillaceous iron ore, the clay ironstone. Argillaceous schist or state. See Argillite.
Argillaceous sandstone
Argillaceous Ar`gil*la"ceous, a. [L. argillaceus, fr. argilla.] Of the nature of clay; consisting of, or containing, argil or clay; clayey. Argillaceous sandstone (Geol.), a sandstone containing much clay. Argillaceous iron ore, the clay ironstone. Argillaceous schist or state. See Argillite.
Argillaceous schist
Argillaceous Ar`gil*la"ceous, a. [L. argillaceus, fr. argilla.] Of the nature of clay; consisting of, or containing, argil or clay; clayey. Argillaceous sandstone (Geol.), a sandstone containing much clay. Argillaceous iron ore, the clay ironstone. Argillaceous schist or state. See Argillite.
Argilliferous
Argilliferous Ar`gil*lif"er*ous, a. [L. argilla white clay + -ferous.] Producing clay; -- applied to such earths as abound with argil. --Kirwan.
Argillite
Argillite Ar"gil*lite, n. [Gr. ? clay + -lite.] (Min.) Argillaceous schist or slate; clay slate. Its colors is bluish or blackish gray, sometimes greenish gray, brownish red, etc. -- Ar`gil*lit"ic, a.
Argillitic
Argillite Ar"gil*lite, n. [Gr. ? clay + -lite.] (Min.) Argillaceous schist or slate; clay slate. Its colors is bluish or blackish gray, sometimes greenish gray, brownish red, etc. -- Ar`gil*lit"ic, a.
Argillo-areenaceous
Argillo-areenaceous Ar*gil`lo-are`e*na"ceous, a. Consisting of, or containing, clay and sand, as a soil.
Argillo-calcareous
Argillo-calcareous Ar*gil`lo-cal*ca"re*ous, a. Consisting of, or containing, clay and calcareous earth.
Argillo-ferruginous
Argillo-ferruginous Ar*gil`lo-fer*ru"gi*nous, a. Containing clay and iron.
Argillous
Argillous Ar*gil"lous, a. [L. argillosus, fr. argilla. See Argil.] Argillaceous; clayey. --Sir T. Browne.
Calcareo-argillaceous
Calcareo-argillaceous Cal*ca"re*o-ar`gil*la"ceous, a. consisting of, or containing, calcareous and argillaceous earths.
Cargillia arborea
Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from the Prunus domestica are described; among them the greengage, the Orleans, the purple gage, or Reine Claude Violette, and the German prune, are some of the best known. Note: Among the true plums are; Beach plum, the Prunus maritima, and its crimson or purple globular drupes, Bullace plum. See Bullace. Chickasaw plum, the American Prunus Chicasa, and its round red drupes. Orleans plum, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size, much grown in England for sale in the markets. Wild plum of America, Prunus Americana, with red or yellow fruit, the original of the Iowa plum and several other varieties. Among plants called plum, but of other genera than Prunus, are; Australian plum, Cargillia arborea and C. australis, of the same family with the persimmon. Blood plum, the West African H[ae]matostaphes Barteri. Cocoa plum, the Spanish nectarine. See under Nectarine. Date plum. See under Date. Gingerbread plum, the West African Parinarium macrophyllum. Gopher plum, the Ogeechee lime. Gray plum, Guinea plum. See under Guinea. Indian plum, several species of Flacourtia. 2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin. 3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant language, the sum of [pounds]100,000 sterling; also, the person possessing it. Plum bird, Plum budder (Zo["o]l.), the European bullfinch. Plum gouger (Zo["o]l.), a weevil, or curculio (Coccotorus scutellaris), which destroys plums. It makes round holes in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva bores into the stone and eats the kernel. Plum weevil (Zo["o]l.), an American weevil which is very destructive to plums, nectarines cherries, and many other stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the pulp around the stone. Called also turk, and plum curculio. See Illust. under Curculio.
Gargil
Gargil Gar"gil, n. [Cf. Garget, Gargoyle.] A distemper in geese, affecting the head.
Largiloquent
Largiloquent Lar*gil"o*quent, a. [Cf. L. largiloquus.] Grandiloquent. [Obs.]
Nargile
Nargile Nar"gile, Nargileh Nar"gi*leh, n. [Per. n[=a]rgh[=i]l, prop., a cocoanut; prob. so called because first made of a cocoanut.] An apparatus for smoking tobacco. It has a long flexible tube, and the smoke is drawn through water.
Nargileh
Nargile Nar"gile, Nargileh Nar"gi*leh, n. [Per. n[=a]rgh[=i]l, prop., a cocoanut; prob. so called because first made of a cocoanut.] An apparatus for smoking tobacco. It has a long flexible tube, and the smoke is drawn through water.

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