a. ? Obs. [ad. L. farīnōs-us, f. farīna; see FARINA and -OUS. Cf. F. farineux.] a. Containing farina. b. Covered with a white mealy substance.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Farinaceous or Farinous, mealy or full of meal, bemealed, beflowred.
1727. Bradley, Fam. Dict., s.v. Age, If you are troubled with farinous or running Tetters.
1742. Lond. & Country Brew., I. (ed. 4), 12. The farinous Part loses a great deal of its essential Salts.