Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a sandy and clayey character; containing a large admixture of gravel and small pebbles: said of soils.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a large admixture of small pebbles or gravel; -- said of a soil.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective dated, of soil Having a
mixture of smallpebbles orgravel .
Etymologies
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Anglo-Saxon ceosel gravel or sand. Compare chessom.
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