wall-stonen.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːlstəʊn/, U.S.

/ˈwɔlˌstoʊn/,

/ˈwɑlˌstoʊn/

A stone for building; a stone forming part of a wall. Also, in generalized sense, masonry; stone suitable for building; spec. see quot. 1870. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > disposition of stones or bricks > [noun] > a stone in wall

wall-stoneOE

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

wall-stoneOE

workstoneOE

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > dressed or hewn > piece of

wall-stoneOE

scantling1726

blockc1854

OE Crist I 2 Ðu eart se weallstan þe ða wyrhtan iu wiðwurpon to weorce.

OE Ruin 1 Wrætlic is þes wealstan, wyrde gebræcon; burgstede burston, brosnað enta geweorc.

1610 R. Vaughan Most Approved Water-workes K 2 b Hauing..Wall-stone, Tyle, Lime, and Bricke, as necessary as any man liuing.

1639 Burgh Rec. Glasgow (1876) I. 403 Thair is licence grantit to Sir Robert Dowglas to gett ane hundrethe kairtis of wall stones out of the townes quarrell.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian v, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 107 For a' the folk I see here are as hard as the wa' stanes.

1837 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 72/1 Below the rag is the block stone, [used] for common walls, and usually called wall stone.

1870 Greenwell in Jrnl. Ethnol. Soc. 2 423 This [stratum of flint] is called by the present flint-workers the ‘wall-stone’, from its being used for building purposes.

attributive.1837 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 72/1 The block, or wall-stone seam, is in this quarry about 10 or 11 feet thick.1837 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 72/1 In Yorkshire the workmen calculate all wall-stone work by the rod of 7 yards.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wall-stone
释义	wall-stonen. Brit. /ˈwɔːlstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈwɔlˌstoʊn/, /ˈwɑlˌstoʊn/ A stone for building; a stone forming part of a wall. Also, in generalized sense, masonry; stone suitable for building; spec. see quot. 1870. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > disposition of stones or bricks > [noun] > a stone in wall wall-stoneOE society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone wall-stoneOE workstoneOE society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > dressed or hewn > piece of wall-stoneOE scantling1726 blockc1854 OE Crist I 2 Ðu eart se weallstan þe ða wyrhtan iu wiðwurpon to weorce. OE Ruin 1 Wrætlic is þes wealstan, wyrde gebræcon; burgstede burston, brosnað enta geweorc. 1610 R. Vaughan Most Approved Water-workes K 2 b Hauing..Wall-stone, Tyle, Lime, and Bricke, as necessary as any man liuing. 1639 Burgh Rec. Glasgow (1876) I. 403 Thair is licence grantit to Sir Robert Dowglas to gett ane hundrethe kairtis of wall stones out of the townes quarrell. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian v, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 107 For a' the folk I see here are as hard as the wa' stanes. 1837 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 72/1 Below the rag is the block stone, [used] for common walls, and usually called wall stone. 1870 Greenwell in Jrnl. Ethnol. Soc. 2 423 This [stratum of flint] is called by the present flint-workers the ‘wall-stone’, from its being used for building purposes. attributive.1837 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 72/1 The block, or wall-stone seam, is in this quarry about 10 or 11 feet thick.1837 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 72/1 In Yorkshire the workmen calculate all wall-stone work by the rod of 7 yards. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.OE
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