单词 | mortar stone |
释义 | mortar stonen. Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern). A block of stone hollowed to form a mortar; spec. one used for separating barley from the husks (now historical). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for altering consistency > [noun] > crushing or grinding > mortar mortareOE mortar stone1480 mortle1570 mortesse1614 mortarium1842 pounder1891 1480–1 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 97 ij morterstanez cum iij pilis lign. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 68 Mell hedit lyk ane mortar stane. 1580 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 320 Item, in the kitchene..ane mortar stane. 1619 Edinb. Test. L. f. 213v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Mortar-stane Ane mortar stane for beirknoking with ane mell. 1696 Inventory in W. Hector Select. Judic. Rec. Renfrewshire (1876) 304 Ane morter-stone and ane mell yrto. 1865 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times viii. 249 The objects of stone found in the bone caves..are flakes,..hammers, and mortar-stones. 1887 Science 9 25 /2 Her mill is both novel and ingenious, consisting of a pestle, a hopper, a mortar-stone, and a receiving basket-tray. 1937 F. D. Carnell Old Sc. Custom 33 In Fordyce, not far from Elgin, there is a great stone which is called ‘the mortar stane’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1480 |
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