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march stone Chiefly Sc. and north. dial.
[f. march n.3 + stone n. Cf. markstone.]
A stone set up to mark the boundary of an estate.
1536Laing Charters (1899) 108 To the merch steane with ane croce on the heid theiron. 1587in A. Peterkin Notes Ork. & Zetl. (1822) 127 They to set down march-stanes thereafter to stand for ever. 1639Declar. Chas. I Tumults Scot. 164 What is the use of merch-stones upon borders of Lands, the like use hath Confessions of Faith in the Kirk. 1789Brand Hist. Newcastle I. 461 Round the moor the march-stones, i.e. the boundary-stones, are placed a little within the hedge. 1899Shetland News 29 Apr. (E.D.D.), I sat me doon apon a mairch stane. |