a. Obs. [f. L. terre-us earthen, earthy (f. terra earth) + -OUS.] Earthy, of earthy nature; pertaining to earth or ordinary soil.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., II. v. 87. There remaines a grosse and terreous portion at the bottome. Ibid. (1650), VII. xiii. 312. According to the temper of the terreous parts at the bottome.
1794. Sullivan, View Nat., I. xxix. 421. By the concretion of terreous and other particles, which … make either adamants, pebbles, or free-stone.
