sarsenn.

/ˈsɑːs(ə)n/

Forms: Also sarsden, sarsdon, sarcen.

Etymology: Apparently identical with Sarsen, variant of Saracen n. and adj.

(In full sarsen-stone, sarsen boulder.) One of the numerous large boulders or blocks of sandstone found scattered on the surface of the chalk downs, esp. in Wiltshire.

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whinstonea1585

Saracen's stone1644

grey wethers1660

sarsena1697

grey goose1816

Moeraki boulder1879

1644 R. Symonds Diary (1859) 151 A place so full of a grey pibble stone of great bignes as is not usually seene.., the inhabaitants calling them Saracens' stones.]

a1697 J. Aubrey Nat. Hist. Wilts. (1847) i. vi. 44 They are also (far from the rode) commonly called Sarsdens, or Sarsdon stones.

1743 W. Stukeley Abury 16 The people call these great stones, sarsens; and 'tis a proverb here, as hard as a sarsen.

1834 Gentleman's Mag. 104 i. 174 The stones outside of the work,..as well as the five large trilithons, are all of that species of stone called Sarsen, which is found in the neighbourhood.

1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life 217 Yonder lies a great grey sarsen boulder.

1888 J. Prestwich Geol. II. 342 The isolated blocks called Grey-wethers or Sarsen stones, scattered on the surface of the chalk downs.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	sarsen
释义	sarsenn. /ˈsɑːs(ə)n/ Forms: Also sarsden, sarsdon, sarcen. Etymology: Apparently identical with Sarsen, variant of Saracen n. and adj. (In full sarsen-stone, sarsen boulder.) One of the numerous large boulders or blocks of sandstone found scattered on the surface of the chalk downs, esp. in Wiltshire. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > [noun] > a rock > boulder > types of whinstonea1585 Saracen's stone1644 grey wethers1660 sarsena1697 grey goose1816 Moeraki boulder1879 1644 R. Symonds Diary (1859) 151 A place so full of a grey pibble stone of great bignes as is not usually seene.., the inhabaitants calling them Saracens' stones.] a1697 J. Aubrey Nat. Hist. Wilts. (1847) i. vi. 44 They are also (far from the rode) commonly called Sarsdens, or Sarsdon stones. 1743 W. Stukeley Abury 16 The people call these great stones, sarsens; and 'tis a proverb here, as hard as a sarsen. 1834 Gentleman's Mag. 104 i. 174 The stones outside of the work,..as well as the five large trilithons, are all of that species of stone called Sarsen, which is found in the neighbourhood. 1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life 217 Yonder lies a great grey sarsen boulder. 1888 J. Prestwich Geol. II. 342 The isolated blocks called Grey-wethers or Sarsen stones, scattered on the surface of the chalk downs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1697
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