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moorstone Min.|ˈmʊə-, ˈmɔəstəʊn|
[f. moor n.1 + stone.]
1. A kind of granite found chiefly in Cornwall.
c1600Norden Spec. Brit., Cornw. (1728) 18 There is a stone called a Moar-Stone, which lyeth dispersed vpon the face of the mountaynes and on the confused rockes. c1630Risdon Surv. Devon §215 (1810) 223 Where is a table and seats of moorstone. 1674Ray Collect. Words, Prep. Tin (E.D.S.) 13 A mould made of moore-stone. 1793Smeaton Edystone L. §91 Moorstone, which in reality is the true Granite. 1842Gwilt Archit. Gloss., Moorstone, a species of granite found in Cornwall and some other parts of England, and very serviceable in the coarser parts of a building. 1875W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 105 This ancient fence [the Deil's Dyke] is built of blocks of common moorstone.
2. A slab or piece of moorstone.
1698Lister Journ. Paris (1699) 146 By reason of those Sand or Moore Stones, with which they grind their Corn. 1707Mortimer Husb. (1721) I. 104 The Sand is very white, and in Scilly glistering, which may be occasion'd from the mouldering of Moor-stones.
3. attrib.
c1630Risdon Surv. Devon §22 (1810) 32 Their arms are cut in the moorstone pillars. 1773Ironstone in Phil. Trans. LXIV. 102 A globular piece of moorstone granite. 1883F. G. Heath in Century Mag. Dec. 165/1 Semicircular arches surmounting moor-stone columns. |