A boulder or slab of this rock. Often used figuratively or allusively.
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释义 | the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > [noun] > a rock > boulder > types of (6) whinstonea1585 A boulder or slab of this rock. Often used figuratively or allusively. Saracen's stone1644 = sarsen, n. grey wethers1660 grey wethers: boulders of hard sandstone found lying on the surface of the Downs in Wiltshire and Devon. sarsena1697 (In full sarsen-stone, sarsen boulder.) One of the numerous large boulders or blocks of sandstone found scattered on the surface of the chalk… grey goose1816 Scottish. A large grey boulder. Obsolete. Moeraki boulder1879 Any of the distinctive spherical boulders, up to 6 feet (2 metres) in diameter, formed by crystallization around an organic core or seed and found… |
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