单词 | lime-rock |
释义 | > as lemmaslime-rock lime-rock n. limestone (? now North American). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > limestone limestone1523 scagliola1582 lime-rock1665 scaglia1774 1665 in Early Rec. Town of Providence (Rhode Island) (1893) III. 66 Those Lime Rocks about Hackletons lime Killne shal be perpetually Common. 1673 in Early Rec. Town of Providence (Rhode Island) (1893) III. 229 To fetch for their use as much lime Rock from the rock..as they please. 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 547 A dry sharp soil to work upon mostly covering lime rock. 1969 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 22 June 7/1 He had to tow empty scows from the cement works to Tod Inlet and back with full scows of limerock for making cement. < as lemmas |
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