单词 | lost rock |
释义 | > as lemmaslost rock lost rock n. U.S. a travelled boulder. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > [noun] > a rock > boulder stonerockeOE rochec1300 rocka1413 calionc1459 outlier1610 boother1680 tumbler1789 boulder1815 lost stone1819 erratic blocka1828 erratic blocka1828 lost rock1831 gibber1834 tumbling stone1857 foundling-stone1892 1831 J. M. Peck Guide for Emigrants ii. 136 Scattered over the surface of our prairies are large masses of rock, of granitic formation, roundish in form, usually called by the people lost rocks... These stones are denominated boulders in mineralogy. 1857 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1856–7 2 347 Another curiosity is the boulders, or ‘lost rocks’, as they are frequently called, which are found on the surface of the earth in the middle and northern sections of Illinois. < as lemmas |
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