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单词 dhu stone
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dhu stonen.

Brit. /ˈduː stəʊn/, /ˈdʒuː stəʊn/, U.S. /ˈdu ˌstoʊn/, Welsh English /ˈdiː stoːn/, /ˈduː stoːn/, /ˈdɪu stoːn/
Etymology: < Welsh du black + stone n.
A type of dolerite found in Shropshire.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > igneous rock > [noun] > trap > basalt > other basaltic
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dhu stone1879
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1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Dhu-stone, basalt, of a black or very dark colour, quarried at Titterstone Clee.
1902 C. 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.
1938 P. 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.
1963 L. F. Chitty in I. L. Foster & L. Alcock Culture & Environment vii. 172 Professor Shotton has found no evidence for the use of Clee Hill dolerite (‘Dhu Stone’) for stone implements.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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