| 单词 | paint stone |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspaint stone paint stone n. a stone which, when ground, yields powder that can be used as pigment; this powder. ΚΠ 1797 J. Barrow in D. Fairbridge Lady Anne Barnard (1924) 41 I send you a specimen of a paint-stone, which you may break if you like—you will find within a fine impalpable powder which when mixed with oil serves all the country people here as a paint for their houses, waggons etc. 1896 13th Ann. Rep. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. 1891–2 115 The articles known as paint-stones scarcely come under the head of implements... Most of them were used merely to furnish paint. 1926 P. W. Laidler Tavern of Ocean 97 For paint to preserve the woodwork of his carts and waggons, the farmer mixed ‘paint stones’ (natural ochres) with oil. 1994 Trav. Guide 1994 Newfoundland & Labrador 202/2 Various artifacts including..paint stones and a bone whistle have been discovered with the body. < as lemmas |
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