单词 | hearthstone |
释义 | hearthstonen. 1. a. A flat stone forming a hearth; (also) a variety of stone used for this purpose. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > hearth or fireplace > hearthstone hearthstonea1325 fire hearth1440 firestone1613 hearth-pace1621 foot pace1652 slab1876 a1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesworth (Arun.) (1857) 170 (MED) Hastre [glossed] the hert-ston. c1350 in Ayenbite 5 Hwan hares kendleþ in hertþ stanes. 1416–17 in J. Raine Inventories & Acct. Rolls Benedictine Houses Jarrow & Monk-Wearmouth (1854) 92 In custodia fabri..j. couett, j. harthstane. ?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 779/9 Hoc focarium, a hartstone. 1582 R. Browne Life & Manners All True Christians (new ed.) lxviii. sig. F4 The fleshhookes, the kniues for slaughter, the herth stones, the beasomes, the pannes, the slaying of the sacrifices. 1607 in A. Shearer Extracts Burgh Rec. Dunfermline (1951) 33 Breaking her pot on her awin hairth-stane. a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 22 Adorned with such stones a yard and dim. high, as are our best hearthstones in England. 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. ii. Song 5 A bleezing ingle and a clean hearth-stane. 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. xiv. 51 Crash went half a dozen dragons upon the marble hearth stone. 1855 M. Gatty Parables 127 The hearthstone that flagged the grand old chimney arch of ancient times. 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 240 I toasted my feet at the fire, setting them on the hot hearthstone to dry. 1931 E. Ferber Amer. Beauty iii. 52 The casual caller, years later, standing at ease on the hearthstone, warming his coat tails before the dining-room fire. 1978 A. J. P. Taylor Let. 18 Dec. in Lett. to Eva (1991) 396 The man laid the carpet right up to the fire. I told him..that the hearthstone must be left open, otherwise there would be a fire risk. 2001 Oxoniensia 65 51 The reinforcing trimmer beam would originally have supported the substantial weight of a hearthstone in the room above. b. In extended use: a settled home, a homestead. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [noun] > home homeOE homesteadOE house and homelOE hearthstone1659 home dwelling1743 establishment1803 hearth and home1822 roof1853 yard1865 down home1920 1659 S. Rutherford Infl. Life of Grace i. xi. 91 He that willingly lends lodging and a furnace, and a warm hearth-stone to sin original..is not a patient under sin original. 1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 43 I'm going home. I'm going to my own hearth-stone. 1896 T. K. Lothrop W. H. Seward xxi. 436 Even in the busiest period of his life his own hearthstone had been always the place dearest to him. 1920 S. Jameson Happy Highways iii. iii. 222 ‘Well, my dear,’ says I, ‘you been off and then come back to your deserted hearthstone five times now.’ 1953 Changing Times Feb. 43/2 The search may lead you across the country, or to your own hearthstone. 2004 C. W. Christian Covenant & Commandment iv. 47 You are as much our child..as if we had given you birth. Welcome to our hearthstone and to our love. 2. A kind of soft stone, or material made from powdered stone and pipeclay, used to whiten hearths, doorsteps, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitener > [noun] > whiting powder or stone whitingeOE whitening1638 hearthstone1705 Paris white1838 blanco1895 1705 A. van Leeuwenhoek in Philos. Trans. 1704–05 (Royal Soc.) 24 1551 I took a piece of Hearth-stone called Benthemer stone, because it is found in Quarries in the Country of Benthem. 1753 Independent Reflector 22 Nov. 211 The Bodies of Iron Oar..are so many,..and their Situation so convenient, in respect of Wood, Water, Hearth-Stone, proper Fluxes, and Carriage, for Furnaces, Bloomeries, and Forges. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 27/1 The hearth-stone barrow, piled up with hearth-stone, Bath-brick, and lumps of whiting. 1896 Daily News 9 Sept. 7 Those who mined for what London housekeepers know as ‘hearthstone’. 1959 Home Encycl. 245 When applying white hearthstone or red ochre to steps, hearths and window-sills, use thin starch instead of water and you will find that the mixture goes on more easily. 2003 J. Flanders Victorian House (2004) iii. 115 In later years a hearthstone or donkey stone—a piece of weathered sandstone—could be used instead of the whiting. Compounds C1. Objective. hearthstone maker n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > worker with stone > [noun] > who cuts or dresses stone stone-cutter1540 stone-squarer1611 lapicide1656 scabbler1843 hearthstone maker1844 stone-dresser1858 block-chopper1883 1844 Rep. Commissioners 1841 Census: Occup. Abstr. i. 183 (table) Hearthstone maker. 1880 Kelly's Directory Hampshire 474/3 Hearthstone maker. Lisle Ernest Augustus, Bevois hill, Portswood Road, Southampton. hearthstone seller n. ΚΠ 1871 Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper 13 Aug. 6/5 J. Ludlow, 3, New-street, Gossett-street, Bethnal-green, hearthstone seller. 1913 Jrnl. Folk-Song Soc. 3 Index p. xxxiii/1 Hearthstone Seller's Cry. C2. hearthstone woman n. now rare a domesticated woman who runs a household. ΚΠ 1864 Cheering Words Feb. 30 Our old hearth-stone woman looked dreadfully sad to-day, for she had lost her husband. 1921 T. Bailey Gay Cockade 360 Anne was, more than Winifred, a hearthstone woman. A man might carry her over his threshold and find her when he came home o' nights. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022). hearthstonev. Now rare or historical. transitive. To whiten with hearthstone. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitening > make white [verb (transitive)] > whiten with specific substance limec1440 chalk1633 whitewash1722 lime-white1777 lime-wash1823 hearthstone1838 pipeclaya1839 white-stone1838 kalsomine1840 blanco1912 1838 J. B. Buckstone Weak Points ii. i. 25 in B. Webster Acting National Drama IV. Agnes can do all the work of the house—the making the beds—and hearthstoning the door steps—and so forth. 1887 M. E. Braddon Like & Unlike III. xiv. 255 He..washed and hearth-stoned steps and window sills. 1919 H. Ellis 24 May in Fountain of Life (1930) 282 I noted a well-dressed man with rings on finger, daintily hearthstoning his front doorstep. 1972 J. Speight Till Death us do Part: Scripts (1973) 33 I found her half way down the stairs. Hearth stoning them she was—silly cow. 1994 E. Hopkins Childhood Transformed ii. 106 Doorsteps were hearthstoned and scrubbed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1325v.1838 |
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