单词 | gritstone |
释义 | gritstonen. = grit n.1 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > stone for millstones or grindstones gritc1275 gritstone1555 grit-rock1838 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > sandstone > coarse sandstone gritc1275 gritstone1555 cornbrash1813 grit-rock1838 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 328v Albasano (which I thynke to be of that kynde which we caule the greete stone). 1652 J. French York-shire Spaw i. 2 Hard greet-Stone (which broken in the middle doth oftentimes very much resemble Loaf-Sugar). 1761 Nat. Hist. in Ann. Reg. 100/2 The loose stones near the summit [of Ingleborough] the people call greet-stones. 1775 E. Barry Observ. Wines Ancients 412 The inhabitants on gret-stone are healthier than those on chalk. 1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. Greet-stones, a sort of freestones. 1854 F. C. Bakewell Geol. 31 The lower portion of the hill is surrounded by shale and gritstone. 1885 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 14 196 Gritstone..taken in..certain quarries in Fairfield. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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