penny-stonen.

Brit.

/ˈpɛnɪstəʊn/, U.S.

/ˈpɛniˌstoʊn/

Forms: see penny n. and stone n.

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

Etymology: < penny n. + stone n., so called on account of the shape of the stone.

Now rare.

1. Scottish and English regional (northern). A flat round stone used as a quoit. Formerly also: (in plural) †a game played with these (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > quoits > games resembling quoits > [noun]

penny-prick1421

penny-stone?c1475

loggat1541

ringing the bull1815

bull1863

ring toss1870

ringoal1887

rings1906

jukskei1942

cornhole game2002

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > quoits > games resembling quoits > [noun] > object thrown

penny-stone?c1475

loggat1773

loggerhead1871

rope quoit1876

jukskei1942

?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 94 A Penny stone [1483 BL Add. 89074 Penystane], discus.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvi. 383 The vay Wes nocht a penny-stane cast of breid.

1519 in J. Raine Priory of Hexham (1865) II. 157 Ludi inhonesti..viz. tuttes, et handball ac Pennyston.

1577 in G. Donaldson Reg. Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum (1966) VII. 162/2 And schuittand with the uther bairnis of the scoill..at the pennystane in thair common playing place.

1634 Peebles Gleanings 125 John Pringill..grantit he..playit at the pennie stane upone Tueid Greine.

1688 in H. Paton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1932) 3rd Ser. XIII. 247 He was sieing some persones playing at the pennistone.

1712 A. W. Johnston Church in Orkney (1940) 100 Two young men found guilty of playing pennie stane on the Sabbath.

1771 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1769 167 Antient sports of the Highlanders..Throwing the penny-stone, which answers to our coits.

1807 J. Stagg Misc. Poems (new ed.) 12 Some play'd at pennice steans for brass.

1895 ‘S. Tytler’ Macdonald Lass xiv. 186 Do you mind yon game of penny-stanes?

2. A kind of ironstone occurring in nodules in the Shropshire coalfield.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > minerals > ore > [noun] > metal ore > iron ore > hard

ironstone1522

mine-stone1612

dogger1670

gubbin1712

iron clay1750

small balls1793

penny-stone1803

mine-stuff1839

silver thread1855

1803 J. Plymley Gen. View Agric. Shropshire 54 Pinny-measure; a pale-blue clod, in which lies a large quantity of small balls of iron-stone, called pennystone.

1887 H. B. Woodward Geol. Eng. & Wales (ed. 2) 190 The Chance Pennystone is the highest bed of ironstone in the series. In former years Coalbrookdale produced the best iron in England.

1914 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 205 411 (note) Three divisions—Upper Coal Measures, Coal Measures, and Gannister Beds, the last named containing the Pennystone and Crawstone ironstones.

Compounds

penny-stone cast n. chiefly Scottish (now rare) the distance to which a penny-stone is or can be thrown; cf. stone's throw n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > [noun] > limit of distance or reach > to which a thing may be thrown

cast1387

a quoit's castc1425

penny-stone cast1487

throw1553

a quoit's distance1644

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvi. 383 The vay Wes nocht a penny-stane cast of breid.

1602 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1884) 1st Ser. VI. 451 Within a pennystane cast to his majesteis palice.

1753 Extracts Trial J. Stewart in Scots Mag. July 336/2 Being..about two pennystone-cast before the said Mungo.

1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped vi. 52 That's but a penny stonecast from Rankeillor's house.

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

单词	penny-stone
释义	penny-stonen. Brit. /ˈpɛnɪstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈpɛniˌstoʊn/ Forms: see penny n. and stone n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: penny n., stone n. Etymology: < penny n. + stone n., so called on account of the shape of the stone. Now rare. 1. Scottish and English regional (northern). A flat round stone used as a quoit. Formerly also: (in plural) †a game played with these (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > quoits > games resembling quoits > [noun] penny-prick1421 penny-stone?c1475 loggat1541 ringing the bull1815 bull1863 ring toss1870 ringoal1887 rings1906 jukskei1942 cornhole game2002 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > quoits > games resembling quoits > [noun] > object thrown penny-stone?c1475 loggat1773 loggerhead1871 rope quoit1876 jukskei1942 ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 94 A Penny stone [1483 BL Add. 89074 Penystane], discus. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvi. 383 The vay Wes nocht a penny-stane cast of breid. 1519 in J. Raine Priory of Hexham (1865) II. 157 Ludi inhonesti..viz. tuttes, et handball ac Pennyston. 1577 in G. Donaldson Reg. Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum (1966) VII. 162/2 And schuittand with the uther bairnis of the scoill..at the pennystane in thair common playing place. 1634 Peebles Gleanings 125 John Pringill..grantit he..playit at the pennie stane upone Tueid Greine. 1688 in H. Paton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1932) 3rd Ser. XIII. 247 He was sieing some persones playing at the pennistone. 1712 A. W. Johnston Church in Orkney (1940) 100 Two young men found guilty of playing pennie stane on the Sabbath. 1771 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1769 167 Antient sports of the Highlanders..Throwing the penny-stone, which answers to our coits. 1807 J. Stagg Misc. Poems (new ed.) 12 Some play'd at pennice steans for brass. 1895 ‘S. Tytler’ Macdonald Lass xiv. 186 Do you mind yon game of penny-stanes? 2. A kind of ironstone occurring in nodules in the Shropshire coalfield. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > ore > [noun] > metal ore > iron ore > hard ironstone1522 mine-stone1612 dogger1670 gubbin1712 iron clay1750 small balls1793 penny-stone1803 mine-stuff1839 silver thread1855 1803 J. Plymley Gen. View Agric. Shropshire 54 Pinny-measure; a pale-blue clod, in which lies a large quantity of small balls of iron-stone, called pennystone. 1887 H. B. Woodward Geol. Eng. & Wales (ed. 2) 190 The Chance Pennystone is the highest bed of ironstone in the series. In former years Coalbrookdale produced the best iron in England. 1914 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 205 411 (note) Three divisions—Upper Coal Measures, Coal Measures, and Gannister Beds, the last named containing the Pennystone and Crawstone ironstones. Compounds penny-stone cast n. chiefly Scottish (now rare) the distance to which a penny-stone is or can be thrown; cf. stone's throw n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [noun] > limit of distance or reach > to which a thing may be thrown cast1387 a quoit's castc1425 penny-stone cast1487 throw1553 a quoit's distance1644 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvi. 383 The vay Wes nocht a penny-stane cast of breid. 1602 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1884) 1st Ser. VI. 451 Within a pennystane cast to his majesteis palice. 1753 Extracts Trial J. Stewart in Scots Mag. July 336/2 Being..about two pennystone-cast before the said Mungo. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped vi. 52 That's but a penny stonecast from Rankeillor's house. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?c1475
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