单词 | corner-stone |
释义 | corner-stonen. 1. a. One of the stones forming the quoin or salient angle of a wall, a quoin-stone. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > disposition of stones or bricks > [noun] > specific stone or brick hirne-stonec1000 parpen1252 coin1350 coin-stone1350 angler1365 parpal1369 corner-stonea1382 cunye1387 tuss1412 quoin1532 table stone1554 quoining1562 copestone1567 ground-stone1567 lock bandc1582 quinyie1588 perpender1611 whelmer1618 parpen stone1633 capstone1665 headera1684 through1683 quoin-stone1688 stretcher1693 closer1700 bed-stone1723 coping-brick1725 girder1726 footstone1728 heading brick1731 bossage1736 lewis-hole1740 shoulder1744 headstone1745 pawl1753 tail-bond1776 coping-stone1778 slocking-stone1778 throughband1794 through-stone1797 stretching-bond1805 core1823 keystone1823 tail-binder1828 stretching-stone1833 header brick1841 coign1843 pawl-stone1844 bay-stone1845 bonder1845 pillar-stone1854 bond-piece1862 stretcher-brick1867 toothing-stone1875 bond-stone1879 pierpoint1891 jumper1904 tush1905 padstone1944 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xxxviii. 6 Who dide doun the corner ston of it? 1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes f. 55/1 The corner stone that lyeth on the toppe. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxi. 197 That first layde corner stone in Zerubabels buildinges. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. iv. 1 See you yon'd Coin a'th Capitol, yon'd corner stone? 1724 I. Watts Logick iv. ii. Rule 1 The largest and fairest building sinks..to the ground, if the foundations and corner-stones of it are feeble and insufficient. 1862 J. H. Parker Rickman's Styles Archit. Eng. (ed. 6) 63 The quoins or corner stones are arranged in a peculiar manner. 1870 F. R. Wilson Archit. Surv. Churches Lindisfarne 94 The rest of the work, beyond these strong reliable corner-stones, is almost as rough as rubble. b. figurative (esp. in reference to its function in consolidating the building.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > [noun] > supporter or encourager friendOE procurera1325 fautorc1330 voweec1380 corner-stonec1384 abettor1387 vocatec1390 procurator1395 maintainer?a1400 proctora1413 supporter1426 comforter1483 factorc1503 allower1528 advancer1536 affirmer?1541 agreer1548 encourager1562 fortifierc1565 favourer1567 aim-crier1597 suffragator1606 seconder1623 countenancera1625 affectionate1628 adstipulator1646 flesher1646 fauterera1662 advocate1735 sympathizer1816 sympathista1834 advocator1837 ite1852 rooter1889 spear-carrier1960 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Eph. ii. 20 Aboue bildid on the foundement of apostlis and of prophetis, bi that hiȝeste corner stoon, Crist Jhesu. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 19155 Iesu..þat es mad als a quarner stan For to mak tuin folk an. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. iii. 59 A trust in God is the grand corner stone of all Religion. 1803 S. Smith Wks. (1859) I. 32/2 The high price of labour is the very corner-stone on which the prosperity of a new colony depends. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 30 Why should we make an ambiguous word the corner-stone of moral philosophy? ΚΠ 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 118 Corner-stones..are 2 Stones..of which there stands one in each Jamb of a Chimney. Their Faces are hollow in the breadth, being a certain Sweep of a Circle..their heighth reaches from the Hearth to the Mantle-tree. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1382 |
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