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单词 fingerstone
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fingerstonen.

Brit. /ˈfɪŋɡəstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈfɪŋɡərˌstoʊn/
Forms: see finger n. and stone n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: finger n., stone n.
Etymology: < finger n. + stone n. With sense 2 compare classical Latin Idaeī dactylī, lit. ‘fingers of Mount Ida (in Crete)’ (Pliny).
1. A stone sufficiently small to be thrown by the hand. Cf. handstone n.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > a stone > [noun] > a small stone
fingerstone?a1425
handstone1598
knablick1757
the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > [noun] > throwing missiles > a projectile > stone
fingerstone?a1425
handstone1598
?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 46 A lytil þeine, as it ware a fynger stane cast, es anoþer chapell.
1694 Philos. Trans. 1693 (Royal Soc.) 17 984 They are so nigh the Shoar, that a Man may almost fling a Finger-stone on Board.
1757 Hist. of Israel Jobson 16 These Hills..were no more than Finger Stones cast at each other.
1817 I. Reed Let. 18 Nov. in Christian Traveller (1831) 31 Standing at the highest, a man, with a finger-stone, might throw six times across the way.
1857 W. R. Wilde Descriptive Catal. Antiq. Mus. Royal Irish Acad. 75 Whether used as a finger-stone, or projected with a sling, a more perfect missile of its kind could not possibly have been formed.
1949 A. B. Guthrie Way West 174 He stooped and grabbed two finger stones, thinking he would kill the grasshopper with them.
1996 E. A. Proulx Accordion Crimes (1997) 23 The boy.., as they approached villages, filled his pockets with fingerstones to pelt snarling dogs.
2. A smooth, roughly cylindrical fossil a few inches long and tapering to a point; a belemnite (belemnite n. 1). Now historical and rare.Cf. devil's finger n. at devil n. Compounds 3d.
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the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [noun] > bones (various types of) > fossil
fingerstone1587
belemnite1646
ichthyodorylite1836
1587 A. Golding in tr. Solinus Excellent & Pleasant Worke xv. sig. Lii. (margin) The Finger-stone.
1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 264 Belemnites... Anglicè Arrow-head, & Finger-stone, & nonnullis, Thunder-bolt.
1773 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. (ed. 4) Finger-stone, a fossil resembling an arrow.
1803 F. W. Blagdon tr. P. S. Pallas Trav. Southern Provinces Russ. Empire II. 229 A whimsical mixture of broken belemnites, or finger-stones [Ger. Belemniten].
2013 E. Liñán et al. in C. J. Duffin et al. Hist. Geol. & Med. 55/1 Finger stone (Idaei dactyli Pliny)... This stone has been referred to as belemnites..and is very common on the island of Crete.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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