dripstonen.
/ˈdrɪpstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈdrɪpˌstoʊn/ 1. A moulding or cornice over a door, window, etc., to throw off the rain; a label. Also attributive.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > moulding > drip-moulding
head moulding1806
label1811
label moulding1811
dripstone1815
head mould1827
label mould1837
weather-moulding1841
hood-mould1849
drip-moulding1851
hood-moulding1867
1815 T. Rickman in J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 139 The drip-stone is generally clearly marked, and often small.
1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. vi. 64 The dripstone is naturally the attribute of Northern buildings, and therefore especially of Gothic architecture.
1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. vi. 67 A true dripstone moulding.
2. ‘The name usually given to filters composed of porous stone’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 1867).
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > filtering or percolating > [noun] > filter or percolator > stone
filtering stone1745
dripstone1792
1792 W. Bligh Voy. to South Sea ii. 21 I also directed the water for drinking to be filtered through dripstones.
1858 in P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products
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