单词 | pockstone |
释义 | > as lemmaspockstone pockstone n. English regional (rare) a hard greyish stone found in the coal measures of Staffordshire; cf. pox-stone n. at pox n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > [noun] > hard stone > pox-stone pox-stone1686 pockstone1739 1739 R. Wilkes in S. Shaw Hist. & Antiq. Staffordshire (1801) II. 85/1 Clay thus hardened is here [sc. in Wednesbury] called pock stone. 1902 C. G. Harper Holyhead Road ii. 33 Those foundations have an unusual interest, built as they are of the material called ‘pockstone’. < as lemmas |
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