white stonen.adj.

Brit.

/ˈwʌɪt ˌstəʊn/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)waɪt ˌstoʊn/

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

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

Etymology: < white adj. + stone n. With sense A. 2 compare classical Latin calculus albus, lit. ‘small white stone’, where albus has the sense ‘auspicious’.With sense A. 3 perhaps compare Old English se hwīta stān, lit. ‘the white stone’, with reference to an unidentified precious stone (perhaps rock crystal) recommended to King Ælfred by Patriarch Elias III of Jerusalem as having powerful healing properties.

A. n.

1. A white-coloured stone used as a building material. In later use also (chiefly U.S.): a building made of this.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > [noun] > bricklaying and plastering > plastering > other types of plastering

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1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) clxx. 253 Eche of thyse places aboue and bynethe is paued with moche fayre whyte stone.

1542 T. Elyot Bibliotheca at Labyrinthus Euery hal inuyroned with pyllers of white stone.

1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. ii. f. 111 Euery one of the haules are layde with smooth white stone [Gk. λίθου λευκοῦ], beautified on each side with a goodly course of pillers.

1618 in J. Atkinson Contract Legge Building (MS) (Caius Coll. Treasury Box iv. 2(b)) The outward walls..of Bricke, filled or layd with white stone within.

a1674 J. Milton Brief Hist. Moscovia (1682) iii. 36 The imperial City..built of White-stone four-square..corner'd with four White Towers.

1712 J. Morton Nat. Hist. Northants. ii. 118 All the way.., we meet with Quarries: here of White Stone, there of Red.

1831 J. D. Parry Hist. & Descr. Woburn & Abbey ii. 247 The gallery is paved with white stone, apparently Purbeck.

1857 N.Y. Herald 25 May 2/1 Brown stone and iron will be chiefly used in its construction, but the inside will be finished with the white stone.

1958 R. Jaffe Best of Everything ii. 16 Converted brownstones, converted whitestones, converted rococo mansions.

1994 N. Rorem Knowing when to Stop 342 He practiced..in a beautiful old whitestone across from the Frick museum.

2003 E. Whitman Bynum Stone laid Zion i. 49 I see a few private homes and many tenements, everything built of local white stone or faced with imported marble.

2003 G. D. Bouton et al. Inside Photoshop 7 853 One of the wonderful things about New York City is the architecture... Some of the whitestones and brownstones have gargoyles ‘protecting’ the entranceway.

2. With allusion to the ancient Roman uses of white stones to commemorate auspicious days, events, etc. Originally and chiefly in to mark with a white stone: to mark out or remember as particularly fortunate, auspicious, or happy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > cause to prosper or flourish [verb (transitive)] > make fortunate > consider (something) fortunate

to mark with a white stone1601

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. vii. xl. 176 The day marked with a white stone [L. iste calculi candore illo laudatus dies], for a good day, had in it the beginning & ouerture of some great misfortune and calamitie.

1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. xii. 23 You are one..whose name I have mark'd with the whitest Stone.

1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. lii. 177 ‘God be praised! a white stone!’..he alluded to the Dies fasti of the Romans, albo lapide notati.

1851 C. Brontë Let. 2 June (2000) II. 628 Sunday—yesterday—was a day to be marked with a white stone—through most of the day I was very happy without being tired or over-excited.

1885 W. T. Hornaday Two Years in Jungle xxvii. 318 I have marked that day with a white stone as being the one on which I ate my first durian.

1952 D. M. Jones Anathemata v. 162 At every rounded apse-end where the flamens plead his death who is Best and Greatest on the mind-days when we mark with the white stone.

2009 Agence France Presse (Nexis) 2 Apr. This day today should be marked with a white stone in the history of Madagascar.

3. Rock crystal used to make jewellery; a piece of this. Cf. rhinestone n. 1. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > less identifiable gems > [noun] > white or colourless stone

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white stone1861

1861 H. W. Bristow Gloss. Mineral. 320/2 Rock Crystal,..when cut for jewelry, it is called by lapidaries, ‘white stone’.

1928 Cent. Mag. Aug. 455/1 A ‘white stone’ instead of a genuine diamond.

1937 Burlington Mag. Nov. p. xix/2 A gold ring with a telling portrait carved in whitestone.

B. adj. attributive.

Usually hyphenated or as one word. Made of white stone.

ΚΠ

1617 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 204 Two doorsteedes with free stone iames and white stone heddes.

1764 V. Green Surv. Worcester 56 The old floor of the nave and of its side iles was taken up..and in its stead, was laid a fine white-stone floor.

1773 A. Wood City of Oxf. 2 The Entrance to the City..is greatly ornamented by the handsome White Stone Buildings.

1800 J. Diston et al. New Seaman's Guide & Coaster Compan. (new ed.) 123/2 Directions to Portsmouth Sound, stand..to the eastward till the white stone beacon and Tor house are in one.

1873 Architect 15 Nov. 261 The new building is..constructed of brick with white stone dressings.

1963 Times 11 June 15/4 The whitestone and glass frontage gives the impression of verticality.

1997 J. Brook in S. Champion Disco Biscuits 125 I went to see them at a marina last week, a massive, white-stone, multi-level aqua park by the sea.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	white stone
释义	white stonen.adj. Brit. /ˈwʌɪt ˌstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈ(h)waɪt ˌstoʊn/ Forms: see white adj. and n. and stone n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., stone n. Etymology: < white adj. + stone n. With sense A. 2 compare classical Latin calculus albus, lit. ‘small white stone’, where albus has the sense ‘auspicious’.With sense A. 3 perhaps compare Old English se hwīta stān, lit. ‘the white stone’, with reference to an unidentified precious stone (perhaps rock crystal) recommended to King Ælfred by Patriarch Elias III of Jerusalem as having powerful healing properties. A. n. 1. A white-coloured stone used as a building material. In later use also (chiefly U.S.): a building made of this. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > [noun] > bricklaying and plastering > plastering > other types of plastering white stone1481 rendering1845 1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) clxx. 253 Eche of thyse places aboue and bynethe is paued with moche fayre whyte stone. 1542 T. Elyot Bibliotheca at Labyrinthus Euery hal inuyroned with pyllers of white stone. 1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. ii. f. 111 Euery one of the haules are layde with smooth white stone [Gk. λίθου λευκοῦ], beautified on each side with a goodly course of pillers. 1618 in J. Atkinson Contract Legge Building (MS) (Caius Coll. Treasury Box iv. 2(b)) The outward walls..of Bricke, filled or layd with white stone within. a1674 J. Milton Brief Hist. Moscovia (1682) iii. 36 The imperial City..built of White-stone four-square..corner'd with four White Towers. 1712 J. Morton Nat. Hist. Northants. ii. 118 All the way.., we meet with Quarries: here of White Stone, there of Red. 1831 J. D. Parry Hist. & Descr. Woburn & Abbey ii. 247 The gallery is paved with white stone, apparently Purbeck. 1857 N.Y. Herald 25 May 2/1 Brown stone and iron will be chiefly used in its construction, but the inside will be finished with the white stone. 1958 R. Jaffe Best of Everything ii. 16 Converted brownstones, converted whitestones, converted rococo mansions. 1994 N. Rorem Knowing when to Stop 342 He practiced..in a beautiful old whitestone across from the Frick museum. 2003 E. Whitman Bynum Stone laid Zion i. 49 I see a few private homes and many tenements, everything built of local white stone or faced with imported marble. 2003 G. D. Bouton et al. Inside Photoshop 7 853 One of the wonderful things about New York City is the architecture... Some of the whitestones and brownstones have gargoyles ‘protecting’ the entranceway. 2. With allusion to the ancient Roman uses of white stones to commemorate auspicious days, events, etc. Originally and chiefly in to mark with a white stone: to mark out or remember as particularly fortunate, auspicious, or happy. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > cause to prosper or flourish [verb (transitive)] > make fortunate > consider (something) fortunate to mark with a white stone1601 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. vii. xl. 176 The day marked with a white stone [L. iste calculi candore illo laudatus dies], for a good day, had in it the beginning & ouerture of some great misfortune and calamitie. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. xii. 23 You are one..whose name I have mark'd with the whitest Stone. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. lii. 177 ‘God be praised! a white stone!’..he alluded to the Dies fasti of the Romans, albo lapide notati. 1851 C. Brontë Let. 2 June (2000) II. 628 Sunday—yesterday—was a day to be marked with a white stone—through most of the day I was very happy without being tired or over-excited. 1885 W. T. Hornaday Two Years in Jungle xxvii. 318 I have marked that day with a white stone as being the one on which I ate my first durian. 1952 D. M. Jones Anathemata v. 162 At every rounded apse-end where the flamens plead his death who is Best and Greatest on the mind-days when we mark with the white stone. 2009 Agence France Presse (Nexis) 2 Apr. This day today should be marked with a white stone in the history of Madagascar. 3. Rock crystal used to make jewellery; a piece of this. Cf. rhinestone n. 1. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > less identifiable gems > [noun] > white or colourless stone alectorya1398 gelatiaa1398 sunstonea1398 galactitea1500 white stone1861 1861 H. W. Bristow Gloss. Mineral. 320/2 Rock Crystal,..when cut for jewelry, it is called by lapidaries, ‘white stone’. 1928 Cent. Mag. Aug. 455/1 A ‘white stone’ instead of a genuine diamond. 1937 Burlington Mag. Nov. p. xix/2 A gold ring with a telling portrait carved in whitestone. B. adj. attributive. Usually hyphenated or as one word. Made of white stone. ΚΠ 1617 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 204 Two doorsteedes with free stone iames and white stone heddes. 1764 V. Green Surv. Worcester 56 The old floor of the nave and of its side iles was taken up..and in its stead, was laid a fine white-stone floor. 1773 A. Wood City of Oxf. 2 The Entrance to the City..is greatly ornamented by the handsome White Stone Buildings. 1800 J. Diston et al. New Seaman's Guide & Coaster Compan. (new ed.) 123/2 Directions to Portsmouth Sound, stand..to the eastward till the white stone beacon and Tor house are in one. 1873 Architect 15 Nov. 261 The new building is..constructed of brick with white stone dressings. 1963 Times 11 June 15/4 The whitestone and glass frontage gives the impression of verticality. 1997 J. Brook in S. Champion Disco Biscuits 125 I went to see them at a marina last week, a massive, white-stone, multi-level aqua park by the sea. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1481
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