单词 | dry-stone |
释义 | > as lemmasdry-stone dry-stone adj. applied to a ‘dike’ or stone wall built without mortar, cf. dike n.1 6b. [Compare post-classical Latin sicco lapide (ablative) with dry stone (13th cent. in a British source).] Π c1702 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) ii. iii. 83 You scarce see a tree and No hedges all over ye Country, only dry stone walls. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality i. (note) , in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 13 Called, by the vulgar, a dry-stane dyke. 1878 C. R. Conder Tent Wk. Palestine 312 Siloam—a most disappointing pool with dry-stone walls and a little muddy water. < as lemmas |
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