Chiefly Scottish. Stone or other material obtained by quarrying; a piece of such material. In early use also: the right to quarry stone, etc. Obsolete…
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > material taken from quarry (8) quarrela1400 Chiefly Scottish. Stone or other material obtained by quarrying; a piece of such material. In early use also: the right to quarry stone, etc. Obsolete… rockstone?1545 Rock, esp. when used as a coarse building stone. pit stone1659 (a) stone dug from a quarry or mine. stock1709 Mining. (See quot. 1709.) banker1853 English regional (Dorset). A large stack of quarried Purbeck stone, ready to be shipped, on the shore at Swanage; a landing place consisting of… key block1881 In quarrying: the first block or blocks to be removed from a new layer of stone. Subcategories:— first block to be removed (1) — smaller stones (1) |
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