swinestonen.

Brit.

/ˈswʌɪnstəʊn/, U.S.

/ˈswaɪnˌstoʊn/

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

Etymology: < swine n. + stone n.In sense 1 after post-classical Latin lapis porcinus (1609 or earlier); compare Italian pietra del porco (1603 or earlier), Portuguese pedra de porco (1613 or earlier), pedro de porco espinho , lit. ‘porcupine stone’ (1720 or earlier), French pierre de porc (1644 or earlier; also 1769 as pierre porc ), and pig stone n. at pig n.¹ Compounds 2a. With sense 2 compare German Saustein, post-classical Latin lapis suillus (both 1750 or earlier), Danish svinsten, Swedish svinsten (both late 18th cent.).

†1. A kind of bezoar from South-East Asia (sometimes identified as a gallstone from a boar, or from a Malayan porcupine), formerly supposed to have medicinal properties. Obsolete.Cf. pig stone n. at pig n.¹ Compounds 2a, porcupine stone n. at porcupine n. Compounds 2. An alternative name mastica de soho is sometimes given by 17th-century writers, which may perhaps suggest a confusion with an odorous gum or resin. Occasional reference to an unpleasant odour when cut may reflect confusion with sense 2.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > antidote > [noun] > concretion found in animal intestines

bezoar1580

swinestone1652

German bezoar1663

1652 T. Nicols Lapidary iii. l. 177 Of the Swine-stone. This is a stone of a reddish colour and bitter tast, which is said to be found by a river neare Malacca, in the gall of the greater sort of swine.

1757 tr. J. G. Keysler Trav. Germany (ed. 2) IV. 161 The pietra del porco or Swine-stone, which was in such high repute about thirty years ago that one of them was sold for a hundred or two hundred dollars, is taken out of the gall bladder of a species of porcupine in Malacca.

1843 Chemist 4 157/2 It [sc. the fawn-coloured bezoar] is probably also the swine-stone (pierre de porc) which is mentioned in a great number of works.

2. A type of stone that emits a foul odour when struck or rubbed; spec. a type of bituminous limestone having this property. Cf. stinkstone n. Now rare.

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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > limestone > anthraconite

swinestone1664

stinkstone1804

anthraconite1816

1664 R. Hubert Catal. Nat. Rarities 57 A Stone being held in a moist hand, gives a sent [sic] like a nasty hog, and therefore is called the swine stone.

1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. I. 189 On the island of Hovindsholm is found the Lapis Suillus or Swine-stone [Ger. Schweinstein], which emits a fetid smell, like the excrements of that creature.

1819 W. T. Brande Man. Chem. 210 Bituminous lime-stone, abundant upon the Avon, near Bristol, and known under the name of swine-stone or stink-stone, from the peculiar smell which it affords when rubbed.

1984 F. D. Ovcharenko & Y. G. Kukovsky in A. Singer & E. Galan Palygorskite-sepiolite Occurr., Genesis, & Uses 252 A sequence of marine non-clastic sedimentary rocks..consisting mainly of dark grey limestone, swinestone, dolomitic limestone, cherty limestone with massive cherty beds at the top.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	swinestone
释义	swinestonen. Brit. /ˈswʌɪnstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈswaɪnˌstoʊn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: swine n., stone n. Etymology: < swine n. + stone n.In sense 1 after post-classical Latin lapis porcinus (1609 or earlier); compare Italian pietra del porco (1603 or earlier), Portuguese pedra de porco (1613 or earlier), pedro de porco espinho , lit. ‘porcupine stone’ (1720 or earlier), French pierre de porc (1644 or earlier; also 1769 as pierre porc ), and pig stone n. at pig n.¹ Compounds 2a. With sense 2 compare German Saustein, post-classical Latin lapis suillus (both 1750 or earlier), Danish svinsten, Swedish svinsten (both late 18th cent.). †1. A kind of bezoar from South-East Asia (sometimes identified as a gallstone from a boar, or from a Malayan porcupine), formerly supposed to have medicinal properties. Obsolete.Cf. pig stone n. at pig n.¹ Compounds 2a, porcupine stone n. at porcupine n. Compounds 2. An alternative name mastica de soho is sometimes given by 17th-century writers, which may perhaps suggest a confusion with an odorous gum or resin. Occasional reference to an unpleasant odour when cut may reflect confusion with sense 2. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > antidote > [noun] > concretion found in animal intestines bezoar1580 swinestone1652 German bezoar1663 1652 T. Nicols Lapidary iii. l. 177 Of the Swine-stone. This is a stone of a reddish colour and bitter tast, which is said to be found by a river neare Malacca, in the gall of the greater sort of swine. 1757 tr. J. G. Keysler Trav. Germany (ed. 2) IV. 161 The pietra del porco or Swine-stone, which was in such high repute about thirty years ago that one of them was sold for a hundred or two hundred dollars, is taken out of the gall bladder of a species of porcupine in Malacca. 1843 Chemist 4 157/2 It [sc. the fawn-coloured bezoar] is probably also the swine-stone (pierre de porc) which is mentioned in a great number of works. 2. A type of stone that emits a foul odour when struck or rubbed; spec. a type of bituminous limestone having this property. Cf. stinkstone n. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > limestone > anthraconite swinestone1664 stinkstone1804 anthraconite1816 1664 R. Hubert Catal. Nat. Rarities 57 A Stone being held in a moist hand, gives a sent [sic] like a nasty hog, and therefore is called the swine stone. 1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. I. 189 On the island of Hovindsholm is found the Lapis Suillus or Swine-stone [Ger. Schweinstein], which emits a fetid smell, like the excrements of that creature. 1819 W. T. Brande Man. Chem. 210 Bituminous lime-stone, abundant upon the Avon, near Bristol, and known under the name of swine-stone or stink-stone, from the peculiar smell which it affords when rubbed. 1984 F. D. Ovcharenko & Y. G. Kukovsky in A. Singer & E. Galan Palygorskite-sepiolite Occurr., Genesis, & Uses 252 A sequence of marine non-clastic sedimentary rocks..consisting mainly of dark grey limestone, swinestone, dolomitic limestone, cherty limestone with massive cherty beds at the top. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1652
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