whinstonen.

Brit.

/ˈwɪnstəʊn/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)wɪnˌstoʊn/

Forms: Also whimstone n.

Etymology: < whin n.² + stone n.

a. A name for various very hard dark-coloured rocks or stones, as greenstone, basalt, chert, or quartzose sandstone.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > [noun] > hard stone > whinstone

whina1400

whinstone1513

whin-rock1672

whimstone1822

whin-sill1839

1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid vii. Prol. 39 On raggit rolkis of hard harsk quhyne stane.

1763 W. Lewis Commercium Philosophico-technicum 441 The stone called whynn stone, with which some of the streets of London have been lately paved.

1791 T. Beddoes in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 81 65 Whether the basaltes proceeds southward..till it join the Elvin or whinstone, and granite of Devonshire and Cornwall.

1802 J. Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 66 The strata are intersected by veins of whinstone, porphyry and granite.

1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 289 In Scotland, whole towns are built of whin-stone.

1879 G. MacDonald Sir Gibbie xxi Granite red and grey, blue whinstone, yellow ironstone, were all mingled.

b. A boulder or slab of this rock. Often used figuratively or allusively.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > [noun] > a rock > boulder > types of

whinstonea1585

Saracen's stone1644

grey wethers1660

sarsena1697

grey goose1816

Moeraki boulder1879

a1585 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 744 Except I wer to force the with quhin staneis.

1803 Gazetteer Scotl. at Girvan The coast is generally flat and sandy, interspersed with large whinstones, with which most of the houses are built.

1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf x, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 220 The despair he felt..was..such as would have melted the heart of a whinstane.

1827 W. Scott Jrnl. 15 Aug. (1941) 90 You might have been as well employd in buttering a whin-stone.

1865 G. MacDonald Alec Forbes I. xiv. 107 He's a blue whunstane that's hard to dress.

1899 S. R. Crockett Kit Kennedy xlvi An old man..that you told me was breaking whin-stones on the roadside.

Compounds

attributive. Pertaining to or consisting of whinstone; also figurative hard, tough.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > [adjective] > whinstone

whinny1789

whinstone1835

the world > matter > constitution of matter > strength > [adjective] > tough

tougha700

sinewy1578

wiry1588

gristly1601

nervous1601

tenax1605

tenacious1607

clunga1722

whipcord1879

whinstone1910

1835 H. Miller Scenes & Legends N. Scotl. xii. 213 The castle—a grey, whinstone building.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People i. §3. 25 The scant herbage scarce veils the whinstone rock.

1910 J. Buchan Prester John v. 99 I haven't your whinstone nerve.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	whinstone
释义	whinstonen. Brit. /ˈwɪnstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɪnˌstoʊn/ Forms: Also whimstone n. Etymology: < whin n.² + stone n. a. A name for various very hard dark-coloured rocks or stones, as greenstone, basalt, chert, or quartzose sandstone. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > [noun] > hard stone > whinstone whina1400 whinstone1513 whin-rock1672 whimstone1822 whin-sill1839 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid vii. Prol. 39 On raggit rolkis of hard harsk quhyne stane. 1763 W. Lewis Commercium Philosophico-technicum 441 The stone called whynn stone, with which some of the streets of London have been lately paved. 1791 T. Beddoes in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 81 65 Whether the basaltes proceeds southward..till it join the Elvin or whinstone, and granite of Devonshire and Cornwall. 1802 J. Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 66 The strata are intersected by veins of whinstone, porphyry and granite. 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 289 In Scotland, whole towns are built of whin-stone. 1879 G. MacDonald Sir Gibbie xxi Granite red and grey, blue whinstone, yellow ironstone, were all mingled. b. A boulder or slab of this rock. Often used figuratively or allusively. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > [noun] > a rock > boulder > types of whinstonea1585 Saracen's stone1644 grey wethers1660 sarsena1697 grey goose1816 Moeraki boulder1879 a1585 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 744 Except I wer to force the with quhin staneis. 1803 Gazetteer Scotl. at Girvan The coast is generally flat and sandy, interspersed with large whinstones, with which most of the houses are built. 1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf x, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 220 The despair he felt..was..such as would have melted the heart of a whinstane. 1827 W. Scott Jrnl. 15 Aug. (1941) 90 You might have been as well employd in buttering a whin-stone. 1865 G. MacDonald Alec Forbes I. xiv. 107 He's a blue whunstane that's hard to dress. 1899 S. R. Crockett Kit Kennedy xlvi An old man..that you told me was breaking whin-stones on the roadside. Compounds attributive. Pertaining to or consisting of whinstone; also figurative hard, tough. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > [adjective] > whinstone whinny1789 whinstone1835 the world > matter > constitution of matter > strength > [adjective] > tough tougha700 sinewy1578 wiry1588 gristly1601 nervous1601 tenax1605 tenacious1607 clunga1722 whipcord1879 whinstone1910 1835 H. Miller Scenes & Legends N. Scotl. xii. 213 The castle—a grey, whinstone building. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People i. §3. 25 The scant herbage scarce veils the whinstone rock. 1910 J. Buchan Prester John v. 99 I haven't your whinstone nerve. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1513
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