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单词 gravestone
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gravestonen.

Brit. /ˈɡreɪvstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈɡreɪvˌstoʊn/
Etymology: < grave n.1 + stone n.
1. A stone coffin. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > receptacle for remains > [noun] > coffin > stone coffin
gravestonea1225
kista1400
trougha1513
sarcophagus1619
sarcophage1623
coffin-tomb1727
cist1804
stone cist1888
stone kist1926
a1225 St. Marher. 22 Ich..dude hit i graue stan in hire grandame hus.
2. A stone placed over a grave, or at the entrance of a tomb; in later use also applied to an upright stone at the head or foot of a grave, bearing an inscription.
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the world > life > death > obsequies > monument > [noun] > tombstone
gravestone1387
marble?a1400
tombstone1540
headstone1676
footstone1701
the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > [noun] > stone covering grave
stone1303
gravestone1387
through-stonea1400
througha1425
burial-stone?a1500
trough1501
ledgerc1510
tombstone?1520
lair-stone1538
humeta1647
plank1660
ledger-stone1851
flatstone1855
grave-cover1875
hogback1889
1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 79 Of þe swetynge of þe gravestone þere is taken a forwetynge or tokenynge of þe pope sone for to deie.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 17370 Of aungels one Had lifte awey þe graue stone.
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 6373 He kyst þe graue stane.
1502 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 93 I will ouer my grave be leid a graveston of marbull.
1566 in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) 112 The alter stones one is broken and pauith the church, thother is laid for a graue stonne.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iv. iii. 382.
1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 29 He saw a Ghost walking upon such a Grave Stone there.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 211 Where the grave-stone meets the eye.
1845 D. Jerrold St. Giles (1851) xxi. 213 [He] rose from the grave~stone, whereupon..he was wont to sit.
1884 D. Pae Eustace 79 Cast the shadows of the gravestones on the silent graves.
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