A"que*ous (&?;), a. [Cf.
F. aqueux, L. aquosus,
fr. aqua. See Aqua, Aquose.]
1. Partaking of the nature of
water, or abounding with it; watery.
The aqueous vapor of the
air.
Tyndall.
2. Made from, or by
means of, water.
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.
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