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logan-stone|ˈlɒgənstəʊn|
Also loggan-stone, logan.
[f. logan = logging ppl. a.2 + stone.]
A rocking-stone.
1759B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. Cornwall 4 This stone..was a Logan or Rocking-stone. 1808Polwhele Cornish-Eng. Voc. 45 Logan, shaking. A logan stone, a rocking moving stone. [1824: see logging ppl. a.2] 1826Carrington Dartmoor 66 Near the edge Of the loud brawling stream a Logan stands Haply self-poised. 1831Fonblanque Eng. under 7 Administr. (1837) II. 79 Like the Logan stones, which the finger of a child may move. 1859H. Kingsley G. Hamlyn xxxiv. (1900) 181/2 Strong as your famous lieutenant who capsized the logan stone. 1881J. Hawthorne Fort. Fool i. xv, The big loggan-stone that had stood in front..was upset, and fallen into the gulley. [1881: see logging ppl. a.2] |