| 释义 |
† boother Obs. exc. dial.|ˈbuːðə(r)|
A variant of boulder; belonging chiefly to the midland counties of England.
c1680Dingley Hist. fr. Marble (1868) 359 Leek Town. This Town wanting some stones, or (as vulgarly call'd in this county) boothers, to pave the street. 1826Pennsylv. Hist. Soc. Mem. I. 285 Different kinds of stone by continual rolling and wearing have become smooth and round; and are called boothers. 1864Ramsbottom Lanc. Rhymes 66 For every cheer [= chair] a boother-stone. |