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The material of which sedimentary rocks are formed.

Sedimentary.

Of or pertaining to sediment; formed by sediment; containing matter that has subsided. Sedimentary rocks. (Geol.) See Aqueous rocks, under Aqueous.

The act of depositing a sediment; specifically (Geol.), the deposition of the material of which sedimentary rocks are formed.

rm grade, or slope, by addition of material; as, streams aggrade their beds by depositing sediment.

which it is generally separated in the record by unconformities. Algonkian rocks are both sedimentary and igneous. Although fossils are rare, life certainly existed in this period. -- n.

be introduced into the neck of a bottle for drawing out the liquid without disturbing the sediment or causing a gurgling noise.

lie in strata, as opposed to volcanic rocks, which are of igneous origin; -- called also sedimentary rocks.

ater through the blow-off pipe, while under steam pressure; also, to eject (steam, water, sediment, etc.) from a boiler. -- To blow one's own trumpet, to vaunt one's own exploits, or sound one's own praises. -- To blow out, to extinguish by a current of air, as a candle. -- To blow up. (a) To fill with air; to swell…

Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment. Johnson. At bottom, At the bottom, at the foundation or basis; in reality. "He was at the bottom a good man." J. F. Cooper. -- To be at the bottom of, to be the cause or originator of; to be the source of. [Usually in an opprobrious sense.] J. H. Newman. He was at the bottom of many e…

A cistern in the course, or the termination, of a drain, to collect sedimentary or superfluous matter; a privy vault; any receptace of filth. [Written also sesspool.]

A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land. Knight.

ntric cones closely packed together; -- said of a kind of structure sometimes observed in sedimentary rocks.

r, occuring as a constituent of certain rare urinary calculi, and occasionally found as a sediment in urine.

To pour off gently, as liquor, so as not to disturb the sediment; or to pour from one vessel into another; as, to decant wine.

The act of pouring off a clear liquor gently from its lees or sediment, or from one vessel into another.

To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich alluvium. The fear is deposited in conscience. Jer. Taylor.

That which is deposited; matter laid or thrown down; sediment; alluvial matter; as, banks are sometimes depositions of alluvial matter.

matter contained in a liquid, or precipitated from it; refuse; feculence; lees; grounds; sediment; hence, the vilest and most worthless part of anything; as, the dregs of society. We, the dregs and rubbish of mankind. Dryden.

Excrement; ordure; also, settlings; sediment after infusion or distillation. [Written also feces.]