| 单词 | day-stone |
| 释义 | > as lemmasday-stone day-stone n. English regional (northern) rare a loose stone found on or obtained from the surface of the ground; such stones collectively, esp. as distinct from those dug from a quarry (cf. day-water n. and sense 23). ΚΠ a1861 J. Hunter MS Gloss. in S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield (1888) 60 In 1732 one Henry Yates paid thirty shillings a year for the liberty of getting day stone in the manor of the Duke of Norfolk. 1876 A. H. Green Geol. for Students: Physical Geol. x. 438 They are distinguished from the stone raised in quarries by the name of ‘Day-stones’. 1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield 305 All rocks or stones that are visible on the surface are day-stones. The common lands in Rivelin are covered with day-stones. < as lemmas |
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