A″que‐ous (�), a. [Cf. F. aqueux, L. aquosus, fr. aqua. See Aqua, Aquose.] 1. Partaking of the nature of water, or abounding with it; watery.
The aqueous vapor of the air.
Tyndall.
2. Made from, or by means of, water.
An aqueous deposit.
Dana.
Aqueous extract, an extract obtained from a vegetable substance by steeping it in water. — Aqueous humor(Anat.), one the humors of the eye; a limpid fluid, occupying the space between the crystalline lens and the cornea. (See Eye.) — Aqueous rocks(Geol.), those which are deposited from water and lie in strata, as opposed to volcanic rocks, which are of igneous origin; — called also sedimentary rocks.