bluestonen.

Brit.

/ˈbluːstəʊn/, U.S.

/ˈbluˌstoʊn/

Forms: see blue adj. and n. and stone n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., stone n.

Etymology: < blue adj. + stone n.In sense 1b apparently so called from being likened (hyperbolically) to vitriol in its poor quality.

a. Copper sulphate; = blue vitriol n. at blue adj. and n. Compounds 1b(c). Now chiefly historical.

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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical substances > salts > [noun] > salts named by atomic number > sulphates or sulphites > copper sulphate

Roman vitriol?a1425

blue vitriol1560

blue copperas1646

bluestone1651

crystals, saffron, salt, vinegar, vitriol of Venus1693

vitriol of copper1694

blue vitriol1728

the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > sulphur > [noun] > compounds > sulphates > of copper

Roman vitriol?a1425

blue copperas1617

bluestone1651

crystals, saffron, salt, vinegar, vitriol of Venus1693

vitriol of copper1694

blue vitriol1728

copper-vitriol1770

1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 27 That divine blew stone, is but Roman vitriol, that is to be had at every Druggist and Apothecaries shops.

1746 T. Prior Authentic Narr. Success Tar-water 158 A Maid Servant, who for many Years had a Tetter in her Arm, consulted a Country Practitioner, who applied the blue Stone, upon which her Arm swelled up to her Shoulder.

1771 L. Carter Diary 17 Apr. (1965) I. 558 Mr. Carter recommended 2 penny weight of bluestone both as a safe and certain remedy.

1840 Edinb. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 53 339 The local remedy consists in the application of a proper escharotic, and the sulph. cupri, or blue-stone, followed by a bread poultice, rest, and cleanliness.

1883 Knowledge 1 June 323/2 Crystals of pure bluestone (sulphate of copper, CuSO₄).

1917 Med. Rec. 6 Jan. 18/2 The time has gone by when hundreds of cases of trachoma are treated indiscriminately by touches of bluestone.

1932 R. F. Fortune Sorcerers of Dobu 46 I doctored a leg-sore with bluestone.

2005 J. McGahern Memoir 85 The bluestone was set to steep in a bag hung from the broken handle of a spade, and once it had melted and soda was added, the blue turned a rich turquoise.

†b. slang. Gin or whisky of very poor quality. Cf. blue ruin n. at blue adj. and n. Compounds 1d. Obsolete.

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > whisky > [noun] > inferior whisky

red-eye1819

tarantula-juice1861

bug juice1863

Berlin spirit1878

bluestone1880

smoke1904

snakebite1979

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > gin > [noun] > inferior gin

ruin1819

allsorts1823

bluestone1880

bath-tub gin1930

1880 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 786 The effects of the mixture of spirits of wine, bluestone, and tobacco-juice.

1882 Notes & Queries 5 348 ‘It wasn't whiskey,’ he said, ‘it was nothing but bluestone.’

a. A building or paving stone of a bluish-grey colour; (U.S.) a bluish argillaceous sandstone. Frequently attributive.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > other types of building stone

rag1313

mould-stone1353

Caen-stone1421

ornel1432

Yorkshire stone1569

Portland stone1633

bluestone1709

fieldstone1797

whitbed1812

water stone1815

cabook1834

chimney rock1847

Ham Hill stone1889

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > sandstone > others

firestone1399

hassock1461

red stone1602

penistone1688

bluestone1709

gingerbread1714

brownstone1780

molasse1794

Old Red Sandstone1805

chip sand1808

fox-bench1816

New Red Sandstone1818

grey band1824

arkose1839

cankstone1845

St. Bees Sandstone1865

pietra serena1873

Ham Hill stone1889

1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 50 This [river]..affords as good blue Stone for Mill-Stones, as that from Cologn.

1852 A. Cary Clovernook 106 A little puddle of water had..soiled the bluestone hearth.

1865 New Path 2 84/2 If a designer cannot have contrast of rich marbles, he can use red brick and white marble and gray bluestone, or, at all events, tile.

1895 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. (ed. 4) 593 The thicker layers [of flagstones] are called bluestone, from the bluish gray color.

1906 T. C. Chamberlin & R. D. Salisbury Geol. II. 559 Bluestone formation... Purple shale and thin red sandstone, with calcareous beds.

1990 J. Hodgins Innocent Cities vi. 62 The sort of brick and bluestone structures that were being erected clearly showed they thought they were building a major city.

2002 P. Raines Simple Stonescaping (2003) xii. 94/1 Slate is an inferior material for patios... Bluestone is better for outside applications and looks an awful lot like slate.

b. Each of the large stones of which the inner circle and horseshoe of Stonehenge are built, identified as spotted dolerite from the Preseli Hills in Pembrokeshire; (as a mass noun) the material of these stones.

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society > communication > record > memorial or monument > [noun] > structure or erection > stone

stone847

standing stone1180

longstone1651

hoar-stone1666

pillar-stone1723

lech1768

holed-stone1769

stela1776

bluestone1812

menhir1819

stele1820

monolith1836

tanist-stone1851

megalith1853

orthostat1909

1812 R. C. Hoare Anc. Hist. S. Wilts. v. 127 One of the blue stones of Stonehenge.

1865 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times ii. 52 Fragments, not only of Sarcen stones, but also of the blue stones which form the inner circle at Stonehenge.

1926 Man 26 42 Stonehenge—the supposed blue stone trilithon.

1957 V. G. Childe Dawn European Civilization (ed. 6) xviii. 331 From the Presely Mountains in South-West Wales huge blocks of spotted dolerite (Bluestone) were transported to Salisbury Plain.

1995 B. Bryson Notes from Small Island (1996) vii. 106 Right, lads! Another twenty like that, plus some lintels and maybe a couple of dozen nice bluestones from Wales, and we can party!

c. Australian and New Zealand. A basalt used for building and construction.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > other stone used in industry or construction

ragsa1350

ragstone?c1425

touchstone1482

hardstone1549

tarso1662

weather-stone1686

rumlar1829

ballast1839

bluestone1849

workstone1906

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > igneous rock > [noun] > trap > basalt > other basaltic

bluestone1849

palagonite1851

tholeiite1866

tachylite1868

anamesite1876

dhu stone1879

hyalomelan1879

tephrite1879

shoshonite1895

pseudotachylite1917

ankaramite1926

oceanite1926

1849 Bathurst (New S. Wales) Advocate 20 Jan. 3/3 The members of the Bathurst Mining Company may feel gratified by inspecting a specimen of ‘Blue Stone’ obtained from the Ore at Summer Hill.

1886 J. Hector Handbk. N.Z. (ed. 4) 58 Basalts, locally called ‘bluestones’, occur of a quality useful for road-metal, house-blocks, and ordinary rubble masonry.

1908 Daily Chron. 16 Nov. 4/7 He was a stonemason, and he continued to work at his trade after becoming an M.P. ‘I hammer blue-stone by day and the squatters by night’ was one of his sayings.

1961 Coast to Coast 1959–60 36 He built the bluestone house near that little chapel you can see from here.

1969 Melbourne Truth 12 July 2/3 The hotel..has been renovated by putting brick veneer over the original bluestone.

2001 B. MacMahon Archit. East Austral. 167/1 The National Gallery of Victoria is enclosed by a high fortress-like, flush bluestone wall on four sides.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bluestone
释义	bluestonen. Brit. /ˈbluːstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈbluˌstoʊn/ Forms: see blue adj. and n. and stone n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., stone n. Etymology: < blue adj. + stone n.In sense 1b apparently so called from being likened (hyperbolically) to vitriol in its poor quality. 1. a. Copper sulphate; = blue vitriol n. at blue adj. and n. Compounds 1b(c). Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical substances > salts > [noun] > salts named by atomic number > sulphates or sulphites > copper sulphate Roman vitriol?a1425 blue vitriol1560 blue copperas1646 bluestone1651 crystals, saffron, salt, vinegar, vitriol of Venus1693 vitriol of copper1694 blue vitriol1728 the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > sulphur > [noun] > compounds > sulphates > of copper Roman vitriol?a1425 blue copperas1617 bluestone1651 crystals, saffron, salt, vinegar, vitriol of Venus1693 vitriol of copper1694 blue vitriol1728 copper-vitriol1770 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 27 That divine blew stone, is but Roman vitriol, that is to be had at every Druggist and Apothecaries shops. 1746 T. Prior Authentic Narr. Success Tar-water 158 A Maid Servant, who for many Years had a Tetter in her Arm, consulted a Country Practitioner, who applied the blue Stone, upon which her Arm swelled up to her Shoulder. 1771 L. Carter Diary 17 Apr. (1965) I. 558 Mr. Carter recommended 2 penny weight of bluestone both as a safe and certain remedy. 1840 Edinb. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 53 339 The local remedy consists in the application of a proper escharotic, and the sulph. cupri, or blue-stone, followed by a bread poultice, rest, and cleanliness. 1883 Knowledge 1 June 323/2 Crystals of pure bluestone (sulphate of copper, CuSO₄). 1917 Med. Rec. 6 Jan. 18/2 The time has gone by when hundreds of cases of trachoma are treated indiscriminately by touches of bluestone. 1932 R. F. Fortune Sorcerers of Dobu 46 I doctored a leg-sore with bluestone. 2005 J. McGahern Memoir 85 The bluestone was set to steep in a bag hung from the broken handle of a spade, and once it had melted and soda was added, the blue turned a rich turquoise. †b. slang. Gin or whisky of very poor quality. Cf. blue ruin n. at blue adj. and n. Compounds 1d. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > whisky > [noun] > inferior whisky red-eye1819 tarantula-juice1861 bug juice1863 Berlin spirit1878 bluestone1880 smoke1904 snakebite1979 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > gin > [noun] > inferior gin ruin1819 allsorts1823 bluestone1880 bath-tub gin1930 1880 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 786 The effects of the mixture of spirits of wine, bluestone, and tobacco-juice. 1882 Notes & Queries 5 348 ‘It wasn't whiskey,’ he said, ‘it was nothing but bluestone.’ 2. a. A building or paving stone of a bluish-grey colour; (U.S.) a bluish argillaceous sandstone. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > other types of building stone rag1313 mould-stone1353 Caen-stone1421 ornel1432 Yorkshire stone1569 Portland stone1633 bluestone1709 fieldstone1797 whitbed1812 water stone1815 cabook1834 chimney rock1847 Ham Hill stone1889 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > sandstone > others firestone1399 hassock1461 red stone1602 penistone1688 bluestone1709 gingerbread1714 brownstone1780 molasse1794 Old Red Sandstone1805 chip sand1808 fox-bench1816 New Red Sandstone1818 grey band1824 arkose1839 cankstone1845 St. Bees Sandstone1865 pietra serena1873 Ham Hill stone1889 1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 50 This [river]..affords as good blue Stone for Mill-Stones, as that from Cologn. 1852 A. Cary Clovernook 106 A little puddle of water had..soiled the bluestone hearth. 1865 New Path 2 84/2 If a designer cannot have contrast of rich marbles, he can use red brick and white marble and gray bluestone, or, at all events, tile. 1895 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. (ed. 4) 593 The thicker layers [of flagstones] are called bluestone, from the bluish gray color. 1906 T. C. Chamberlin & R. D. Salisbury Geol. II. 559 Bluestone formation... Purple shale and thin red sandstone, with calcareous beds. 1990 J. Hodgins Innocent Cities vi. 62 The sort of brick and bluestone structures that were being erected clearly showed they thought they were building a major city. 2002 P. Raines Simple Stonescaping (2003) xii. 94/1 Slate is an inferior material for patios... Bluestone is better for outside applications and looks an awful lot like slate. b. Each of the large stones of which the inner circle and horseshoe of Stonehenge are built, identified as spotted dolerite from the Preseli Hills in Pembrokeshire; (as a mass noun) the material of these stones. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > memorial or monument > [noun] > structure or erection > stone stone847 standing stone1180 longstone1651 hoar-stone1666 pillar-stone1723 lech1768 holed-stone1769 stela1776 bluestone1812 menhir1819 stele1820 monolith1836 tanist-stone1851 megalith1853 orthostat1909 1812 R. C. Hoare Anc. Hist. S. Wilts. v. 127 One of the blue stones of Stonehenge. 1865 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times ii. 52 Fragments, not only of Sarcen stones, but also of the blue stones which form the inner circle at Stonehenge. 1926 Man 26 42 Stonehenge—the supposed blue stone trilithon. 1957 V. G. Childe Dawn European Civilization (ed. 6) xviii. 331 From the Presely Mountains in South-West Wales huge blocks of spotted dolerite (Bluestone) were transported to Salisbury Plain. 1995 B. Bryson Notes from Small Island (1996) vii. 106 Right, lads! Another twenty like that, plus some lintels and maybe a couple of dozen nice bluestones from Wales, and we can party! c. Australian and New Zealand. A basalt used for building and construction. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > other stone used in industry or construction ragsa1350 ragstone?c1425 touchstone1482 hardstone1549 tarso1662 weather-stone1686 rumlar1829 ballast1839 bluestone1849 workstone1906 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > igneous rock > [noun] > trap > basalt > other basaltic bluestone1849 palagonite1851 tholeiite1866 tachylite1868 anamesite1876 dhu stone1879 hyalomelan1879 tephrite1879 shoshonite1895 pseudotachylite1917 ankaramite1926 oceanite1926 1849 Bathurst (New S. Wales) Advocate 20 Jan. 3/3 The members of the Bathurst Mining Company may feel gratified by inspecting a specimen of ‘Blue Stone’ obtained from the Ore at Summer Hill. 1886 J. Hector Handbk. N.Z. (ed. 4) 58 Basalts, locally called ‘bluestones’, occur of a quality useful for road-metal, house-blocks, and ordinary rubble masonry. 1908 Daily Chron. 16 Nov. 4/7 He was a stonemason, and he continued to work at his trade after becoming an M.P. ‘I hammer blue-stone by day and the squatters by night’ was one of his sayings. 1961 Coast to Coast 1959–60 36 He built the bluestone house near that little chapel you can see from here. 1969 Melbourne Truth 12 July 2/3 The hotel..has been renovated by putting brick veneer over the original bluestone. 2001 B. MacMahon Archit. East Austral. 167/1 The National Gallery of Victoria is enclosed by a high fortress-like, flush bluestone wall on four sides. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1651
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