Beer stonen.

/bɪə stəʊn/

Forms: (Also with lower-case initial letter.)

Etymology: < the name of Beer Head in Devonshire, England, + stone n.

A kind of limestone used in building, obtained from Beer Head.

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

lias1404

stone marrow1681

stone marl1682

saint's head stone1763

Kentish rag1769

watericle1776

kankar1793

Cotham1816

mountain limestone1817

tosca1818

cornstone1819

burr1829

coral-limestone1831

scar-limestone1831

Wenlock limestone1834

bavin1839

curf1839

Solenhofen slate1841

Beer stone1871

miliolite limestone1872

Clipsham1877

reef limestone1884

Hopton wood1888

thermo-calcite1888

Kilkenny marble1930

micrite1959

1871 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 27 98 Cliff west of Beer Head... An old quarry in the high cliff above the western end of the great landslip is in what I take to be the ‘Beer stone’.

1894 Daily News 16 Mar. 5/2 A handsome building of white brick and beer-stone.

1910 Encycl. Brit. V. 806/2 The more important building stones are ‘Beer stone’, from Beer Head in Devonshire [etc.].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	beer stone
释义	Beer stonen. /bɪə stəʊn/ Forms: (Also with lower-case initial letter.) Etymology: < the name of Beer Head in Devonshire, England, + stone n. A kind of limestone used in building, obtained from Beer Head. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > limestone > others lias1404 stone marrow1681 stone marl1682 saint's head stone1763 Kentish rag1769 watericle1776 kankar1793 Cotham1816 mountain limestone1817 tosca1818 cornstone1819 burr1829 coral-limestone1831 scar-limestone1831 Wenlock limestone1834 bavin1839 curf1839 Solenhofen slate1841 Beer stone1871 miliolite limestone1872 Clipsham1877 reef limestone1884 Hopton wood1888 thermo-calcite1888 Kilkenny marble1930 micrite1959 1871 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 27 98 Cliff west of Beer Head... An old quarry in the high cliff above the western end of the great landslip is in what I take to be the ‘Beer stone’. 1894 Daily News 16 Mar. 5/2 A handsome building of white brick and beer-stone. 1910 Encycl. Brit. V. 806/2 The more important building stones are ‘Beer stone’, from Beer Head in Devonshire [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1871
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