paramoudran.

Brit.

/ˌparəˈmuːdrə/, U.S.

/ˌpɛrəˈmudrə/, Irish English

/ˌpærəˈmuːdrə/

Inflections: Plural paramoudras, paramoudrae.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from Irish. Etymon: Irish peura muireach.

Etymology: Probably < Irish peura muireach /ˈpɛrə ˈmurjəx/, literally ‘sea pears’ < Irish regional (Ulster) peura , plural form of peur (Early Irish, Irish péire , plural péirí < Middle French, French poire : see pear n.) + muireach of the sea ( < muir sea (see mere n.¹) + -ach , suffix forming adjectives), after their shape and their occurrence on the beach below chalk cliffs. The present form of the English word is probably influenced by para- prefix¹ and perhaps French moudre to grind (see muller n.¹).This derivation was first suggested by H. Norton (1881 Proc. Norwich Geol. Soc. I. 132). The plural in -ae is after the Latin feminine plural ending -ae.

Geology.

A large flint, sometimes 3 ft. (1 metre) long and 1 ft. (30 cms) thick, pear-shaped, barrel-shaped, or cylindrical and often with a central cavity, found (typically upright) in chalk strata, esp. in north-east Ireland and Norfolk.

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society > communication > record > memorial or monument > [noun] > structure or erection > stone > others

pyramida1500

stela1776

paramoudra1816

stele1820

peristalith1872

talayot1872

taula1881

slab-stone1891

1816 J. F. Berger in Trans. Geol. Soc. 3 170 Flints of remarkable size, and of a regular and apparently organic figure..known by the name of Paramoudra.

1817 W. Buckland in Trans. Geol. Soc. 4 413 These singular fossils..are known at Belfast by the name of Paramoudra, a word which I could trace to no authentic source, but shall adopt because I find it thus appropriated... They have, I believe, never yet been found in England, except at Whittingham near to Norwich.

1887 H. B. Woodward Geol. Eng. & Wales (ed. 2) 399 The most celebrated exposure of Paramoudras was in a pit at Horstead on the river Bure..in 1838.

1931 W. Sussex Gaz. 1 Jan. 3/4 In Norfolk they are known as potstones, but the scientific world knows them as paramoudras.

2001 World Tunnelling (Nexis) 14 56 These [boreholes] confirmed..harder chalk deposits to the north, much of which contained flints including large Paramoudra flints.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	paramoudra
释义	paramoudran. Brit. /ˌparəˈmuːdrə/, U.S. /ˌpɛrəˈmudrə/, Irish English /ˌpærəˈmuːdrə/ Inflections: Plural paramoudras, paramoudrae. Origin: Probably a borrowing from Irish. Etymon: Irish peura muireach. Etymology: Probably < Irish peura muireach /ˈpɛrə ˈmurjəx/, literally ‘sea pears’ < Irish regional (Ulster) peura , plural form of peur (Early Irish, Irish péire , plural péirí < Middle French, French poire : see pear n.) + muireach of the sea ( < muir sea (see mere n.¹) + -ach , suffix forming adjectives), after their shape and their occurrence on the beach below chalk cliffs. The present form of the English word is probably influenced by para- prefix¹ and perhaps French moudre to grind (see muller n.¹).This derivation was first suggested by H. Norton (1881 Proc. Norwich Geol. Soc. I. 132). The plural in -ae is after the Latin feminine plural ending -ae. Geology. A large flint, sometimes 3 ft. (1 metre) long and 1 ft. (30 cms) thick, pear-shaped, barrel-shaped, or cylindrical and often with a central cavity, found (typically upright) in chalk strata, esp. in north-east Ireland and Norfolk. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > memorial or monument > [noun] > structure or erection > stone > others pyramida1500 stela1776 paramoudra1816 stele1820 peristalith1872 talayot1872 taula1881 slab-stone1891 1816 J. F. Berger in Trans. Geol. Soc. 3 170 Flints of remarkable size, and of a regular and apparently organic figure..known by the name of Paramoudra. 1817 W. Buckland in Trans. Geol. Soc. 4 413 These singular fossils..are known at Belfast by the name of Paramoudra, a word which I could trace to no authentic source, but shall adopt because I find it thus appropriated... They have, I believe, never yet been found in England, except at Whittingham near to Norwich. 1887 H. B. Woodward Geol. Eng. & Wales (ed. 2) 399 The most celebrated exposure of Paramoudras was in a pit at Horstead on the river Bure..in 1838. 1931 W. Sussex Gaz. 1 Jan. 3/4 In Norfolk they are known as potstones, but the scientific world knows them as paramoudras. 2001 World Tunnelling (Nexis) 14 56 These [boreholes] confirmed..harder chalk deposits to the north, much of which contained flints including large Paramoudra flints. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1816
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