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Having a round, broad face, like an apple. "Apple-faced children." Dickens.

To tear up by the roots; to draw away. [Obs.] Wyatt.

Of or pertaining to an order of plants, of which the genus Arum is the type.

largely of sand; of the nature of sand; easily disintegrating into sand; friable; as, arenaceous limestone.

Of the nature of clay; consisting of, or containing, argil or clay; clayey. Argillaceous sandstone (Geol.), a sandstone containing much clay. -- Argillaceous iron ore, the clay ironstone. -- Argillaceous schist or state. See Argillite.

Consisting of, or containing, clay and sand, as a soil.

Of or pertaining to a reed; resembling the reed or cane.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of the Milkweed family.

A furnace or oven for fritting materials for glass making.

Black, like ink; inky; atramental. [Obs.] Derham.

Pertaining to, or resembling, the Aurantiaceæ, an order of plants (formerly considered natural), of which the orange is the type.

Belonging to, or resembling, oats or the oat grasses.

See Base. [Obs.] Spenser.

Having a white face or a white mark on the face, as a stag.

With the face uncovered; not masked. "You will play barefaced." Shak.

Openly; shamelessly. Locke.

The quality of being barefaced; shamelessness; assurance; audaciousness.

To fasten, as with a lace or cord. [Obs.]

Having the striking surface convex; -- said of hammers.

Of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the trumpet flower is an example.