单词 | found stone |
释义 | > as lemmasfound stone found stone n. †(a) a stone used as part of the foundations of a structure (obsolete rare); (b) a stone obtained from the surface of the ground without quarrying; also as mass noun. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > a stone > [noun] > other stones loys1295 anthracites1535 rockstone?1545 stone-glass1585 milkstone1598 fieldstone1649 pebble1669 ballstone1726 grain-stone1756 knablick1757 found stone1800 sitfast1809 graptolite1838 bumble1839 hardhead1849 chock1894 chockstone1894 1800 J. Thomson Gen. View Agric. in Fife App. 397 A dry stone-dike.., two feet wide at the bottom, contracted three inches on each side above the found stones. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 421 The covering is to be effected with strong pavement..or with rough found-stones. 2009 U.S. Catholic Historian 27 110 Rough found-stones from nearby hills are used as censors for sweet grass and receptacles for holy water. < as lemmas |
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