a. Obs. [ad. L. arēnōsus: see above. Cf. Fr. aréneux: see -OUS.] Sandy, gritty.
1664. Evelyn, Silva (1776), 425. The water … arenous and gravelly.
1759. J. Mills, trans. Duhamel’s Husb., I. viii. (1762), 24. ‘Arenous and sandy earth,’ says Mr. Evelyn, p. 19. ‘wants ligature.’
