| 单词 | scotch pebble |
| 释义 | > as lemmasScotch pebble Scotch pebble now historical an agate or similar semi-precious stone found in Scotland; (without plural) agate, chalcedony, or similar substance; cf. pebble n. 2c. ΚΠ 1752 London Mag. Mar. 128/1 Mr. Blandy told him, that he suspected he had taken poison, and that he believed it came to his daughter with the Scotch pebbles, for he was always worse after a present of those damn'd Scotch pebbles were received. 1845 New Statist Acct. Scotl. XV. 73 Chromate of iron has been found in certain situations, but not of the best quality; also Scotch pebbles or agates, and garnets. 1881 W. Gregor Notes Folk-lore N.-E. Scotl. 39 A small perforated ball, made of Scotch pebble,..has the virtue of curing diseases of the eye. 1987 Scottish Field Dec. 70/3 ‘Scotch pebbles’, as they used to be called, are a micro-crystalline form of a quartz, called chalcedony, which was deposited within former gas cavities in certain types of basalt that were violently erupted 400 million years ago. < as lemmas |
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