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gypseous, a.|ˈdʒɪpsɪəs|
[f. late L. gypse-us (f. gypsum) + -ous. Cf. gypsous.]
1. Resembling or having the qualities of gypsum.
1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 437 Of phlegme... If gypseous, by nodous swellings. 1710T. Fuller Pharm. Extemp. 278 And these [Expectorators]..cast purulent and gypseous Matter out of the Bronchia. 1782Phil. Trans. LXXII. 323 This clay..contains no gypseous matter. 1796W. Marshall W. England I. 16, I was led to the idea, that they [crystals of quartz] were of a gypseous nature.
2. Containing or consisting mainly of gypsum.
1771Bp. Watson Chem. Ess. (1787) V. 127 Gypseous alabasters, plaster stone [etc.]. 1778Woulfe in Phil. Trans. LXIX. 14 Heavy spars, commonly called selenitical or gypseous spars. 1830Lyell Princ. Geol. (1875) I. i. vi. 111 The gypseous red marl of Aix, in Provence. 1849Murchison Siluria xiii. 311 It is flanked by the Ural Mountains, gypseous limestones form the base. 1862Dana Man. Geol. 247 Variegated gypseous marls. 1880Libr. Univ. Knowl. (U.S.) XII. 478 The peculiar color [of the Red River] is attributed to the red clay of the gypseous formation..of its bed. |