poundstonen.

Brit.

/ˈpaʊn(d)stəʊn/, U.S.

/ˈpaʊn(d)ˌstoʊn/

Forms: see pound n.¹ and stone n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pound n.¹, stone n.

Etymology: < pound n.¹ + stone n.

1. A natural stone used as a weight, esp. in measuring quantities of butter; esp. a fossil echinoid of a particular kind (so used because they consistently had a weight of approximately one pound). Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > equipment for weighing > [noun] > a weight > weighing specific amount

stone-weight1552

stone1556

poundstone1577

pound-weight1765

fifty-sixa1800

1577 T. Kendall tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes f. 24 Then doth the ponderous poundstone purse Bring doune their feete againe.

a1628 J. Carmichaell Coll. Prov. in Scots (1957) No. 373 Better sua, nor under the lug with a pund stane.

1796 W. Hutchinson Hist. & Antiq. City Carlisle 80 It was now that provisions began to rise in price.., and the country frugal house-wife to throw aside her old pound stone, substituting in its place, the standard of sixteen ounces for weighing her butter.

1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 135 Pundston or Pundstone, a natural stone or pebble of the requisite weight, by which farmers formerly portioned their butter into pounds of twenty-two ounces or ‘the lang pund’.

1860 Athenæum 22 Sept. 375 Echini which they called..‘pound stones’, as they were often used by the dairywomen for a pound-weight in the sale of butter.

2001 S. Winchester Map that changed World (2002) iii. 35 A local naturalist, wondering about the version of Oxfordshire pound-stones that he found in the fields near Brighton, realized that he had seen something very similar-looking that was actually living in the rock-pools of his local sea-shore.

†2. Coal Mining. Rock or clay found as a bed underlying a coal seam. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > clay > [noun] > in coal measures

clunch1686

soap-scale1704

sill1774

poundstone1799

clunch-clay1815

blond-metal1831

1799 R. Townson Tracts & Observ. Nat. Hist. & Physiol. 169 (table) Double Coal..6 [feet]..a good coal much used... Double Coal Poundstone..18 inch..a greyish black dry clay.

1803 J. Plymley Gen. View Agric. Shropshire 56 Top-coal and poundstone.

1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Poundstone, dirt lying next under the coal,—the coal-floor.

1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Poundstone, a kind of underclay.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	poundstone
释义	poundstonen. Brit. /ˈpaʊn(d)stəʊn/, U.S. /ˈpaʊn(d)ˌstoʊn/ Forms: see pound n.¹ and stone n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pound n.¹, stone n. Etymology: < pound n.¹ + stone n. 1. A natural stone used as a weight, esp. in measuring quantities of butter; esp. a fossil echinoid of a particular kind (so used because they consistently had a weight of approximately one pound). Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement by weighing > equipment for weighing > [noun] > a weight > weighing specific amount stone-weight1552 stone1556 poundstone1577 pound-weight1765 fifty-sixa1800 1577 T. Kendall tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes f. 24 Then doth the ponderous poundstone purse Bring doune their feete againe. a1628 J. Carmichaell Coll. Prov. in Scots (1957) No. 373 Better sua, nor under the lug with a pund stane. 1796 W. Hutchinson Hist. & Antiq. City Carlisle 80 It was now that provisions began to rise in price.., and the country frugal house-wife to throw aside her old pound stone, substituting in its place, the standard of sixteen ounces for weighing her butter. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 135 Pundston or Pundstone, a natural stone or pebble of the requisite weight, by which farmers formerly portioned their butter into pounds of twenty-two ounces or ‘the lang pund’. 1860 Athenæum 22 Sept. 375 Echini which they called..‘pound stones’, as they were often used by the dairywomen for a pound-weight in the sale of butter. 2001 S. Winchester Map that changed World (2002) iii. 35 A local naturalist, wondering about the version of Oxfordshire pound-stones that he found in the fields near Brighton, realized that he had seen something very similar-looking that was actually living in the rock-pools of his local sea-shore. †2. Coal Mining. Rock or clay found as a bed underlying a coal seam. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > clay > [noun] > in coal measures clunch1686 soap-scale1704 sill1774 poundstone1799 clunch-clay1815 blond-metal1831 1799 R. Townson Tracts & Observ. Nat. Hist. & Physiol. 169 (table) Double Coal..6 [feet]..a good coal much used... Double Coal Poundstone..18 inch..a greyish black dry clay. 1803 J. Plymley Gen. View Agric. Shropshire 56 Top-coal and poundstone. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Poundstone, dirt lying next under the coal,—the coal-floor. 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Poundstone, a kind of underclay. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1577
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