a. rare. [ad. L. aquōsus: see -OSE.] Watery, abounding in water.
1727–51. Chambers, Cycl., Aquose Ducts … whereby the aqueous humour of the eye is supposed to be conveyed into the inside of the membranes which inclose that liquor.
1813. W. Taylor, Eng. Synon. (1856), 284. The land has been so well drained that, though aquose, it is no longer wet.
