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.
A`que*ous*ness, n. Wateriness.
A*quif"er*ous (&?;), a. [L. aqua water + -ferous.] Consisting or conveying water or a watery fluid; as, aquiferous vessels; the aquiferous system.
A"qui*form (&?;), a. [L. aqua water + -form.] Having the form of water.
||Aq"ui*la (&?;), n.; pl. Aquilæ (&?;). [L., an eagle.] 1. (Zoöl.) A genus of eagles.
2. (Astron.) A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle.
Aquila alba [L., white eagle], an alchemical name of calomel. Brande & C.
Aq"ui*la`ted (&?;), a. (Her.) Adorned with eagles' heads.
Aq"ui*line (?; 277), a. [L. aquilinus, fr. aquila eagle: cf. F. aquilin. See Eagle. ] 1. Belonging to or like an eagle.
2. Curving; hooked; prominent, like the beak of an eagle; -- applied particularly to the nose
Terribly arched and aquiline his nose.
Cowper.
Aq"ui*lon (&?;), n. [L. aquilo, - lonis: cf. F. aquilon.] The north wind. [Obs.] Shak.
A*quip"a*rous (&?;), a. [L. aqua water + parere to bring forth.] (Med.) Secreting water; -- applied to certain glands. Dunglison.
Aq`ui*ta"ni*an (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to Aquitania, now called Gascony.
A*quose" (&?;), a. [L. aquosus watery, fr. aqua. See Aqua, Aqueous.] Watery; aqueous. [R.] Bailey.
A*quos"i*ty (&?;), n. [LL. aquositas.] The condition of being wet or watery; wateriness. Huxley.
Very little water or aquosity is found in their belly.
Holland.
Ar (&?;), conj. Ere; before. [Obs.] Chaucer.
||A"ra (&?;), n. [L.] (Astron.) The Altar; a southern constellation, south of the tail of the Scorpion.
||A"ra (&?;), n. [Native Indian name.] (Zoöl.) A name of the great blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna), native of South America.
Ar"ab (?; 277), n. [Prob. ultimately fr. Heb. arabah a desert, the name employed, in the Old Testament, to denote the valley of the Jordan and Dead Sea. Ar. Arab, Heb. arabi, arbi, arbim: cf. F. Arabe, L. Arabs, Gr. &?;.] One of a swarthy race occupying Arabia, and numerous in Syria, Northern Africa, etc.
Street Arab, a homeless vagabond in the streets of a city, particularly and outcast boy or girl. Tylor.
The ragged outcasts and street Arabs who are shivering in damp doorways.
Lond. Sat. Rev.
Ar`a*besque" (&?;), n. [F. arabesque, fr. It. arabesco, fr. Arabo Arab.] A style of ornamentation either painted, inlaid, or carved in low relief. It consists of a pattern in which plants, fruits, foliage, etc., as well as figures of men and animals, real or imaginary, are fantastically interlaced or put together.
It was employed in Roman imperial ornamentation, and appeared, without the animal figures, in Moorish and Arabic decorative art. (See Moresque.) The arabesques of the Renaissance were founded on Greco- Roman work.