| 单词 | river stone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasriver stone river stone n. now rare a diamond found during river-digging; cf. sense 7. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > diamond > [noun] > other types of diamond violastrec1400 lasque1678 black diamond1689 carbonadoa1853 carbonate1860 carbon1869 river stone1873 fish-eye1882 white1895 1873 Chambers's Jrnl. 26 July 470/1 No dry-dug rubbish about that lot! River-stones, every one! 1887 J. Mackenzie Austral Afr. II. iv. iv. 87 The ‘river stones’, as they are called, are usually more valuable than those found in ‘dry diggings’ or mines. 1904 L. J. Spencer tr. M. Bauer Precious Stones I. ii. 186 The higher quality of the river stones as compared with those from the dry diggings does not militate against the truth of this theory as to their origin. < as lemmas |
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