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单词 iceland stone
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Iceland stone
1. General attributive. Designating things (esp. articles of trade, animals, minerals) imported from, associated with, or otherwise characteristic of Iceland, as Iceland cloth, Iceland fish, Iceland glass, Iceland pony, Iceland stone, Iceland wool, etc. Cf. Icelandic adj.
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1419 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 56 In v Iselandfish, 17½ d.
c1430 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 60 Iselandfishs.
1541 Will of Joyce Sturgen (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/28) I bequethe..a great Bedd coverlett of Yselonde clothe.
1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. xv. f. 114v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I The Hullanders..dyd balase their vessels with these Iselande [1587 Iseland] stones to keepe them from turning ouer in their so daungerous a voyage.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. iii. 144 Hull a well knowne Citie of trade, lyes vpon the Riuer Humber, where they make great gaine of the Iseland fish, called Stockfish.
1676 J. Worlidge Apiarium i. 3 That fossile Glass we call Island-glass, wherewith Ships are glaz'd.
1747 Scots Mag. Dec. 598/2 His Majesty will grant them an exclusive right for thirty years to the Iceland cod-fishery.
1797 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 373/2 Most kinds of lava found in other volcanic countries are to be met with about Hecla, or other Iceland volcanoes; as..the Iceland agate.
1842 J. Bischoff Comprehensive Hist. Woollen Manuf. II. 191 The last foreign wools I bought were a cargo of Iceland wools.
1864 Times 5 May 2/5 Iceland ponies..do not aspire to oats, but have a great desire for a pottle of hay.
1906 Jrnl. Trans. Victoria Inst. 38 61 Both Henry VIII. and Elizabeth had Iceland fish on their table at least twice a week.
1976 K. Reddick Horses 29 The Iceland pony is descended from stock of Norwegian, Scottish, and, to a lesser extent, Irish origin introduced by early Norse settlers.
2010 ‘Avi’ Crispin xxiii. 153 ‘Please, sir,’ I asked, ‘do you know where I might find Iceland fish?’
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