merestonen.

Brit.

/ˈmɪəstəʊn/, U.S.

/ˈmɪrˌstoʊn/

Forms: see mere n.² and stone n.; also Old English merestan (in a late copy), Old English merstan (in a late copy).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mere n.², stone n.

Etymology: < mere n.² + stone n. Compare markstone n.

Now historical and English regional (chiefly northern and midlands).

a. A boundary stone.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > marking > [noun] > boundary stone

merestoneOE

border-stone1850

navel-stone1850

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > land-boundary > boundary mark > stone

hoar-stone847

honeeOE

merestoneOE

markstoneOE

march stone1519

shire-stone1536

dool-stone1580

bound-stone1602

witter stone1615

metestone1617

bounder-stone1635

bourne-stone1837

OE Bounds (Sawyer 892) in A. S. Napier & W. H. Stevenson Crawford Coll. Early Charters & Documents (1895) 20 Fram þam hyerde wycan up to þam ællenstubbe to þam mærstanæ of þam mærstane to þæm gemyþan.

c1250 ( Bounds (Sawyer 368) in W. de G. Birch Cartularium Saxonicum (1887) II. 254 Ðonne of blacan graue on gemerstan ðonne of merstane on gemer beorgas.

1360 in W. H. D. Longstaffe & J. Booth Halmota Prioratus Dunelmensis (1889) 26 Amovit unum merstane.

?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 79^v A Merestane, bifinium.

1512 in J. Robertson Illustr. Topogr. & Antiq. Aberdeen & Banff (1857) III. 154 Beginnand at the stryp at the meyr stane as it fallis in the sie.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. vii. sig. Kk.ii/2 Thou shalt not remoue thy neighbours meerestone.

1675 S. Fell Househ. Acct. Bk. 27 May (1920) 221 By m^o p^d Jn^o Dodgson..fo^r helpeing to sett mearestones in Mothe^rs Mosse her acc^t..00 00 02.

1679 in Connecticut Hist. Soc. Coll. (1897) VI. 190 The meere stones of the lot.

1750 in G. Eland Purefoy Lett. (1931) II. 437 It is ordered..That such person or persons who shall Mow..another's Grass or remove Stakes or Meer Stones or stop up the Meteholes shall..pay for each offence 3^s. 4^d..

1782 MS Indenture Estate at Babworth, co. Nottingham. Closes..lying East of the meerstones or boundaries set up by Robert Rogers.

1839 W. B. Stonehouse Hist. Isle of Axholme 384 A Mere Stone called God's Cross.

1879 R. Jefferies Amateur Poacher iii. 39 By the pond stood a low three-sided merestone or landmark.

1970 H. Braun Parish Churches xx. 235 Let it [sc. the church] rise from the land untroubled by fencing. Its yard can be kept from the plough by mere-stones.

1972 Parl. Deb. Commons: Rep. Standing Comm. D: Local Govt. Bill, 18th Sitting 27 Jan. 1044 A ‘merestone’ is a boundary stone.

b. figurative.

ΚΠ

1617 F. Bacon Speech to Hutton in Resuscitatio (1657) i. 94 That you contain the Jurisdiction of the Court within the ancient Meere-stones, without Removing the Mark.

1877 R. C. Trench Lect. Med. Ch. Hist. 15 The merestone to mark where one era terminated and another began.

1945 J. Summerson Georgian London i. 1 The dates..allow us to attach the word ‘Georgian’ to a period for which other, more significant mere-stones would do as well.

1989 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 61 540 It is a quirky treatment..the great famine more or less disappears from view except as a sort of merestone, and national politics become all but invisible.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	merestone
释义	merestonen. Brit. /ˈmɪəstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈmɪrˌstoʊn/ Forms: see mere n.² and stone n.; also Old English merestan (in a late copy), Old English merstan (in a late copy). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mere n.², stone n. Etymology: < mere n.² + stone n. Compare markstone n. Now historical and English regional (chiefly northern and midlands). a. A boundary stone. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > [noun] > boundary stone merestoneOE border-stone1850 navel-stone1850 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > land-boundary > boundary mark > stone hoar-stone847 honeeOE merestoneOE markstoneOE march stone1519 shire-stone1536 dool-stone1580 bound-stone1602 witter stone1615 metestone1617 bounder-stone1635 bourne-stone1837 OE Bounds (Sawyer 892) in A. S. Napier & W. H. Stevenson Crawford Coll. Early Charters & Documents (1895) 20 Fram þam hyerde wycan up to þam ællenstubbe to þam mærstanæ of þam mærstane to þæm gemyþan. c1250 ( Bounds (Sawyer 368) in W. de G. Birch Cartularium Saxonicum (1887) II. 254 Ðonne of blacan graue on gemerstan ðonne of merstane on gemer beorgas. 1360 in W. H. D. Longstaffe & J. Booth Halmota Prioratus Dunelmensis (1889) 26 Amovit unum merstane. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 79^v A Merestane, bifinium. 1512 in J. Robertson Illustr. Topogr. & Antiq. Aberdeen & Banff (1857) III. 154 Beginnand at the stryp at the meyr stane as it fallis in the sie. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. vii. sig. Kk.ii/2 Thou shalt not remoue thy neighbours meerestone. 1675 S. Fell Househ. Acct. Bk. 27 May (1920) 221 By m^o p^d Jn^o Dodgson..fo^r helpeing to sett mearestones in Mothe^rs Mosse her acc^t..00 00 02. 1679 in Connecticut Hist. Soc. Coll. (1897) VI. 190 The meere stones of the lot. 1750 in G. Eland Purefoy Lett. (1931) II. 437 It is ordered..That such person or persons who shall Mow..another's Grass or remove Stakes or Meer Stones or stop up the Meteholes shall..pay for each offence 3^s. 4^d.. 1782 MS Indenture Estate at Babworth, co. Nottingham. Closes..lying East of the meerstones or boundaries set up by Robert Rogers. 1839 W. B. Stonehouse Hist. Isle of Axholme 384 A Mere Stone called God's Cross. 1879 R. Jefferies Amateur Poacher iii. 39 By the pond stood a low three-sided merestone or landmark. 1970 H. Braun Parish Churches xx. 235 Let it [sc. the church] rise from the land untroubled by fencing. Its yard can be kept from the plough by mere-stones. 1972 Parl. Deb. Commons: Rep. Standing Comm. D: Local Govt. Bill, 18th Sitting 27 Jan. 1044 A ‘merestone’ is a boundary stone. b. figurative. ΚΠ 1617 F. Bacon Speech to Hutton in Resuscitatio (1657) i. 94 That you contain the Jurisdiction of the Court within the ancient Meere-stones, without Removing the Mark. 1877 R. C. Trench Lect. Med. Ch. Hist. 15 The merestone to mark where one era terminated and another began. 1945 J. Summerson Georgian London i. 1 The dates..allow us to attach the word ‘Georgian’ to a period for which other, more significant mere-stones would do as well. 1989 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 61 540 It is a quirky treatment..the great famine more or less disappears from view except as a sort of merestone, and national politics become all but invisible. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † merestonev. Forms: 1600s merestond (past participle). Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: merestone n. Etymology: < merestone n. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To delineate or mark out with boundary stones. ΚΠ 1634 in I. Mortimer Berks. Glebe Terriers (1995) 122 Ij Lottes..as they are merestond forth, with their moundes. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.OEv.1634
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merestonen.

† merestonev.