Aquous
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Aquous is an adjective meaning Obsolete spelling of aqueous.
Meaning
Obsolete spelling of aqueous.
Example Sentences
We have one reaſon more to add for its being aquous, becauſe all bodies intrinſically abound with proper ſalts, which muſt be diſſolved and diluted: but of this, more in another place.
ELectuarium è ſucco Roſarum doth draw forcibly from places farre diſtant, choler, thinne and aquous humours, very commodious and eaſie to be vſed for thoſe which be troubled with the goute, in caſe they haue not a vehement ague ℞.
This is apparent in all Broths, and Extracts of Grain or Herbs, or the Juyce of Fruits, which (the aquous part being exhaled) leave a Rob, or Extract, clammy thick, and of the Conſiſtence of Tar, although not pinguous, but viſcous and gummous.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include aquose, waterie, aquatick, watry, soakt, aboundant.
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