| 释义 |
silicious, a.|sɪˈlɪʃəs|
[f. L. silic-, silex silex1 + -ious.]
= siliceous a.
(a)1721Bailey, Silicious, Flinty, belonging to Flint. 1801Farmer's Magazine Nov. 389 Argile or pure clay, silicious or sandy earth, and calx, or calcareous substances. 1850Daubeny Atom. The. xii. (ed. 2) 395 By far the greater number of silicious minerals are examples of the kind last alluded to. 1876Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. iii. 60 The silicious sinter of the Iceland geysers.
(b)1851Richardson Geology iv. 72 Many deposits..are composed of the silicious shields of fossil infusoria. 1859T. Moore Brit. Ferns (1864) 107 The jointed tubular silicious stems, and terminal cones of fructification. 1896Duke of Argyll Philos. Belief 104 The silicious sponges, whose skeletons are composed of glass. |