单词 | quarry water |
释义 | > as lemmasquarry water quarry water n. the moisture contained in newly quarried stone. ΚΠ 1838 C. Lyell Elem. Geol. i. iv. 74 It is desirable to shape the stones which are to be used in architecture while they are yet soft and wet, and while they contain their ‘quarry-water’. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 22 Stone when freshly taken from the quarry usually holds moisture, known to the workman as ‘quarry water’. 1993 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers 83 580/1 The case-hardened sheets may initially have formed soon after quarrying by evaporation of quarry water and reprecipitation of calcium carbonate in pores near outer stone edges. < as lemmas |
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