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dhu stone|djuː, dʒuː|
[ad. Welsh du black + stone n.]
A type of dolerite found in Shropshire.
1879G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-Bk. 117 Dhu-stone, basalt, of a black or very dark colour, quarried at Titterstone Clee. 1902C. G. Harper Holyhead Road II. xx. 99 Had his road not been one of the best in the world..and constructed of hard dhu-stone—he could not have kept that excellent time. 1938P. T. Jones Welsh Border Country vii. 79 The Clee Hills..are crowned with deep caps of basalt that provide the valuable road-metal known as dhu stone. 1963L. F. Chitty in Foster & Alcock Culture & Environment vii. 172 Professor Shotton has found no evidence for the use of Clee Hill dolerite (‘Dhu Stone’) for stone implements. |