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单词 brownstone
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brownstonen.

Brit. /ˈbraʊnstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈbraʊnˌstoʊn/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: brown adj., stone n.
Etymology: < brown adj. + stone n.In sense 1 after German Braunstein (1562; 1645 in the source translated in quot. 1657).
1. A brownish-black ore of manganese consisting chiefly of manganese dioxide, MnO2; = pyrolusite n.
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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > oxides and hydroxides > [noun] > rutile and uranite groups A02 > manganese dioxide
brownstone1657
manganese1662
magnesia1677
soap of glass1815
pyrolusite1828
varvicite1829
polianite1849
manganese dioxide1866
pelagite1876
manganese oxide1882
1657 tr. B. Valentinus Last Will & Test. ii. vi. 93 Secondly, the Brown-stone, out of which is made glasse and iron colour.
1738 G. Smith tr. Laboratory iii. 97 A Brown Colour. Take of common Glass, and Manganese or Brown-Stone, of each one part, Lead Glass 12 parts.
1875 tr. H. W. Vogel Chem. Light & Photogr. xvii. 270 Hyper-oxide of manganese also named brownstone.
1939 Bull. Hygiene July 539/1 Various authors associate the effects of brownstone (pyrolusite) and basic slag with their content of silica, manganese and iron.
2007 H. F. Bender & P. Eisenbarth Hazardous Chem. iii. 44 Many important industrial chemicals are classified as harmful, e.g..the inorganic compounds iodine, brownstone (manganese dioxide), dimercury dichloride (calomel), vanadium pentoxide, and many compounds of copper and cobalt.
2. A kind of pottery; brown stoneware. Chiefly as modifier.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [noun] > stoneware > types of
brownstone1761
ironstone china1814
stone-china1825
lava ware1860
grès de Flandres1872
queen's ware1872
Doulton ware1874
tiger-ware1874
scratched blue1883
Rhenish stoneware1897
protoporcelain1904
scratch blue1924
1761 Invoice (R. Cary & Co.) 31 Mar. in G. Washington Papers (1990) VII. 29 4 Qt Mugs brown Stone.
1810 London Gaz. No. 16394. 1191/2 The Copartnership..between us the undersigned Sampson Boys Harman and Charles Machell, of Salisbury-Street, Bermondsey, Brown-Stone-Potters.
1834 Newcastle Jrnl. 11 Jan. (advt.) To be sold by auction... All the stock in trade of a stone pot manufacturer, consisting of a large quantity of excellent brown stone jugs, jars, bottles of different sizes, [etc.].
1902 W. P. Jervis Encycl. Ceramics 418 The earliest known dated example of Nottingham brownstone ware, for which the town was celebrated, is a posset pot dated 1700.
1979 B. Packer Second Death of Samuel Auer iv. 308 They had dumped the salt and pepper into the garbage can and were crushing out their butts in the brownstone mug.
2005 I. C. Esslemont Night of Knives (2008) 80 Anji passed, a brownstone jug on one hip, refilling mugs.
3.
a. Any of various kinds of brown stone (typically sandstone) used for building; esp. a dark reddish-brown sandstone formerly widely used in the north-eastern United States.
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the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] > well-off
wellc1405
sufficient1436
full?1483
suffisant1484
beina1525
warmc1571
well-breeched1571
meaned1605
well-meaned1605
well-lined1611
substanced?1614
well-circumstanced1643
forehanded1658
uppish1678
easy1701
brownstone1780
forehand1784
solid1788
well-to-do1794
snug1801
strong farmer1802
well-fixed1822
unindigent1830
well off1842
fixed1844
comfortably offc1850
heeled1871
well-heeled1871
well in1888
independent1893
the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > oxides and hydroxides > [noun] > other oxides > other oxides of manganese
magnus1640
brownstone1780
manganite1827
braunite1839
manganoso-manganic oxide1845
bog manganese1875
manganese oxide1882
manganosite1884
manganostibite1887
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > types of sandstone for building
heath-stone1447
brownstone1780
Mansfield1842
pietra serena1873
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
1780 A. Young Tour Ireland 298 Brown stone rocks are also sometimes found on lime quarries.
1834 Trumansburg (N.Y.) Advertiser & Weekly Misc. 24 Sept. The present structure [sc. the First Presbyterian Church in Wall st.] was built of brown stone, the front being ornamented with pillars of the same material.
1877 Encycl. Brit. VI. 403/1 In the central and eastern districts [of Cork county] the same rocks occur in the form of brownish purple sandstone and shales—‘brownstones’... They are locally extensively used as building stones.
1970 Connecticut Hist. Soc. Apr. 57 The business of quarrying brownstone and stonecutting was the chief reason for the origin and growth of this village.
2013 Wall St. Jrnl. 16 July a19/2 He noted that brownstone—the sandstone material that makes up most of the church—is especially susceptible to the weather and needs constant care.
b. U.S. A building faced with this kind of stone; used esp. of large townhouses of a kind that were built in the north-eastern United States (esp. in New York City) in the later 19th century. In later use also used more vaguely to refer to any townhouse of this general type.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun]
brownstone1868
house type1895
maisonette1949
multi1986
1868 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 28 Nov. (advt.) To let—a first-class brown stone house..superb location, convenient to the cars; it is the most westerly of 10 brown stones on the north side of Third st.
1871 J. F. Richmond N.Y. & its Institutions iv. 118 Cooper Institute, a fine six-story brown-stone, covering a block between Seventh and Eighth streets, Third and Fourth avenues.
1948 Time 8 Mar. 25/1 Nightclubs in sorry brownstones.
1967 A. Lewin Unaltered Cat i. ii. 24 A place very like her own, a made-over brownstone only two blocks away.
2019 A. Ridker Altruists xiv. 223 Francine scheduled an appointment at a family-run bridal shop on the garden level of a Victorian brownstone in the Back Bay.

Compounds

C1. Chiefly U.S. Used as a modifier to designate (parts of) buildings faced with brownstone (sense 3a), and the facings themselves; later also referring to other townhouses of the same general type (cf. sense 3b).
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1847 N.Y. Herald 26 Feb. (advt.) To let.—A first class 4 story store, brown stone front, 25 by 80, and with all modern improvements.
1851 Knickerbocker Dec. 636 She was living, at the close of the book, in a large brown-stone house in the Fifth Avenue.
1863 Hall's Jrnl. Health Apr. 92 The gangrenous green which defaces the ‘risers’ in the steps which lead into our brown-stone mansions.
1938 Connecticut: Guide to Roads, Lore, & People (Federal Writers' Project) ii. 262 St James Episcopal Church..is a brownstone building..with a high spire and heavy buttresses.
2013 Trailfinder Autumn 24/1 Cobblestone streets and brownstone buildings abound in Dumbo (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass).
C2. U.S. As a modifier, with reference to members of the prosperous class who were regarded as typical owners or occupants of brownstone houses in the later 19th century. Obsolete.
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1865 ‘G. Hamilton’ New Atmosphere 32 The brown-stone friends are shocked and scandalized.
1875 Nation (N.Y.) 11 Nov. 299/2 The Reformers, including the Brown-Stone Voter, made the remarkable discovery that Tammany was still impure.
1909 N.Y. Sun Nov. 6 The ‘brownstone vote’, as it is called, is cast as completely as is the vote of the most crowded tenement house districts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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