millstone gritn.

Brit.

/ˌmɪlstəʊn ˈɡrɪt/, U.S.

/ˈmɪlˌstoʊn ˈɡrɪt/

Forms: see millstone n. and grit n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: millstone n., grit n.¹

Etymology: < millstone n. + grit n.¹

Geology.

Hard siliceous rock suitable for making millstones; spec. (frequently Millstone Grit) a coarse sandstone of the British Carboniferous, lying immediately below the coal measures.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > stratigraphic units > [noun] > primary or Palaeozoic > carboniferous spec.

millstone grit1682

tumbler-beds1821

culm measures or series1836

Mississippian1893

Pennsylvanian1902

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > metamorphic rock > [noun] > gritstone

millstone grit1682

galliard1781

ganister1811

1682 M. Lister Observations Antiq. in Philos. Coll. (Royal Soc.) No. 4. 90 Made of one of the most common sort of Stone, viz. of a course Rag, or Milstone-grit.

1778 J. Whitehurst Inquiry Orig. State & Formation of Earth App. 147 Millstone-Gret, 120 yards. A coarse sandstone, composed of granulated quartz and quartz pebbles.

1813 R. Bakewell Introd. Geol. vi. 136 A mass of coarse grit-stone, called by Mr. Whitehurst mill-stone grit.

1852 H. Stansbury Explor. & Surv. Valley Great Salt Lake (U.S. Army: Corps Topogr. Engineers) viii. 202 At the north-west end of the peninsula is an outcrop of compact sandstone and millstone grit, fifty feet thick.

1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) xiv. 250 Thick beds of quartzose sand-stone known as the millstone grit.

1931 J. W. Gregory & B. H. Barrett Gen. Stratigr. vii. 118 Above the Dinantian [in Belgium] is a coarse sandstone, the great Grès d'Ardenne, corresponding to the Millstone Grit; it is called the Namurian.

1979 D. L. Dineley Fossils vii. 151 The overlying strata, the Millstone Grit, are on the whole barren of fossils.

1989 W. Horwood Duncton Found iii. xviii. 286 It was not mole country, yet that mole pressed on and saw at last five overhangs of millstone grit darkening the skyline.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	millstone grit
释义	millstone gritn. Brit. /ˌmɪlstəʊn ˈɡrɪt/, U.S. /ˈmɪlˌstoʊn ˈɡrɪt/ Forms: see millstone n. and grit n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: millstone n., grit n.¹ Etymology: < millstone n. + grit n.¹ Geology. Hard siliceous rock suitable for making millstones; spec. (frequently Millstone Grit) a coarse sandstone of the British Carboniferous, lying immediately below the coal measures. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > stratigraphic units > [noun] > primary or Palaeozoic > carboniferous spec. millstone grit1682 tumbler-beds1821 culm measures or series1836 Mississippian1893 Pennsylvanian1902 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > metamorphic rock > [noun] > gritstone millstone grit1682 galliard1781 ganister1811 1682 M. Lister Observations Antiq. in Philos. Coll. (Royal Soc.) No. 4. 90 Made of one of the most common sort of Stone, viz. of a course Rag, or Milstone-grit. 1778 J. Whitehurst Inquiry Orig. State & Formation of Earth App. 147 Millstone-Gret, 120 yards. A coarse sandstone, composed of granulated quartz and quartz pebbles. 1813 R. Bakewell Introd. Geol. vi. 136 A mass of coarse grit-stone, called by Mr. Whitehurst mill-stone grit. 1852 H. Stansbury Explor. & Surv. Valley Great Salt Lake (U.S. Army: Corps Topogr. Engineers) viii. 202 At the north-west end of the peninsula is an outcrop of compact sandstone and millstone grit, fifty feet thick. 1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) xiv. 250 Thick beds of quartzose sand-stone known as the millstone grit. 1931 J. W. Gregory & B. H. Barrett Gen. Stratigr. vii. 118 Above the Dinantian [in Belgium] is a coarse sandstone, the great Grès d'Ardenne, corresponding to the Millstone Grit; it is called the Namurian. 1979 D. L. Dineley Fossils vii. 151 The overlying strata, the Millstone Grit, are on the whole barren of fossils. 1989 W. Horwood Duncton Found iii. xviii. 286 It was not mole country, yet that mole pressed on and saw at last five overhangs of millstone grit darkening the skyline. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1682
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