peastonen.

Brit.

/ˈpiːstəʊn/, U.S.

/ˈpiˌstoʊn/

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

Etymology: < pea n.² + stone n. In sense 1 after scientific Latin pisolithus: see pisolite n., pisolith n. With sense 2 compare slightly later pea gravel n. at pea n.² Compounds 2.

†1. Geology. A sedimentary rock, esp. a limestone, consisting chiefly of pisoliths; = pisolite n. 2. Obsolete.

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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > limestone > pisolite

peastone1770

pea grit1834

pisolite1845

1770 G. von Engeström & E. M. da Costa tr. A. F. Cronstedt Ess. Syst. Mineral. 20 White, the pea-stone from Carlsbad... [Note] From its resemblance to the roes or spawn of fish.

1804 R. Jameson Syst. Mineral. I. 504 At length the globular concretions..fall down, and being agglutinated give rise to peastone.

1854 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 4) II. 438 The Peastone, or Pisolite, differs from Oolite in the larger size of its particles; these particles are composed of concentric laminæ.

1884 Amer. Naturalist 18 882 The question..: How were they made? has received an answer of a generic character, including under one process the phenomena of spherulites in lava, septaria in iron ores.., peastone in limestones, [etc.].., viz., by concretionary action.

2. More fully peastone gravel. = pea gravel n. at pea n.² Compounds 2.

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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > stony material > [noun] > gravel or shingle > gravel > type of

flood gravelc1420

river gravel1600

blue metal1699

slither1811

flint-gravel1865

plateau gravel1872

duck-gravel1885

peastone1909

pea gravel1911

1909 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Jrnl.-Gaz. 4 July 15/2 The lighter oils will maintain a road with no dust pockets or loose stone, using about five one-hundreths gallon per square yard of surface treated and covering with pea stone, gravel or sharp sand for one year without serious deterioration.

1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 30 July d29 Fill the cavity with a cement mixture of 1 part Portland cement, 2 parts sand and 3 parts peastone gravel.

1983 J. D. Harvey Tumbling Mirth (1986) 260 At the end of a long, pea-stone path was a picturesque chapel.

2002 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 11 Oct. (Your Place section) 3 Look for quarter-inch river-washed peastone.

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

单词	peastone
释义	peastonen. Brit. /ˈpiːstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈpiˌstoʊn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pea n.², stone n. Etymology: < pea n.² + stone n. In sense 1 after scientific Latin pisolithus: see pisolite n., pisolith n. With sense 2 compare slightly later pea gravel n. at pea n.² Compounds 2. †1. Geology. A sedimentary rock, esp. a limestone, consisting chiefly of pisoliths; = pisolite n. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > limestone > pisolite peastone1770 pea grit1834 pisolite1845 1770 G. von Engeström & E. M. da Costa tr. A. F. Cronstedt Ess. Syst. Mineral. 20 White, the pea-stone from Carlsbad... [Note] From its resemblance to the roes or spawn of fish. 1804 R. Jameson Syst. Mineral. I. 504 At length the globular concretions..fall down, and being agglutinated give rise to peastone. 1854 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 4) II. 438 The Peastone, or Pisolite, differs from Oolite in the larger size of its particles; these particles are composed of concentric laminæ. 1884 Amer. Naturalist 18 882 The question..: How were they made? has received an answer of a generic character, including under one process the phenomena of spherulites in lava, septaria in iron ores.., peastone in limestones, [etc.].., viz., by concretionary action. 2. More fully peastone gravel. = pea gravel n. at pea n.² Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > stony material > [noun] > gravel or shingle > gravel > type of flood gravelc1420 river gravel1600 blue metal1699 slither1811 flint-gravel1865 plateau gravel1872 duck-gravel1885 peastone1909 pea gravel1911 1909 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Jrnl.-Gaz. 4 July 15/2 The lighter oils will maintain a road with no dust pockets or loose stone, using about five one-hundreths gallon per square yard of surface treated and covering with pea stone, gravel or sharp sand for one year without serious deterioration. 1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 30 July d29 Fill the cavity with a cement mixture of 1 part Portland cement, 2 parts sand and 3 parts peastone gravel. 1983 J. D. Harvey Tumbling Mirth (1986) 260 At the end of a long, pea-stone path was a picturesque chapel. 2002 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 11 Oct. (Your Place section) 3 Look for quarter-inch river-washed peastone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1770
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