headstonen.

Brit.

/ˈhɛdstəʊn/, U.S.

/ˈhɛdˌstoʊn/

Forms: see head n.¹ and stone n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, stone n.

Etymology: < head n.¹ + stone n.In headstone of the corner at sense 1 after post-classical Latin caput anguli cornerstone, lit. ‘head of the corner’ (Vulgate); compare head of the corner n. at head n.¹ Phrases 3d. Compare Middle Dutch hōvetsteen (Dutch hoofdsteen ), Middle Low German hȫvetstein , Old High German houbitstein (Middle High German houbetstein , German †Hauptstein ), all in sense ‘cornerstone’ (chiefly in figurative use). Compare corner-stone n. With sense 2 compare earlier gravestone n. and tombstone n.

1. The chief or most important foundation stone; (also) a topmost stone; a capstone, keystone, or capital. Frequently figurative and in figurative contexts, esp. in echoes of biblical passages (cf. quots. c1400, 1535): the vital or essential element of something. headstone of the corner: = corner-stone n. 1 (chiefly figurative). Cf. head of the corner n. at head n.¹ Phrases 3d.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > according to other attributes

horn of salvation (health)c825

fatherOE

Our FatherOE

leecha1200

searcher of (men's) heartsa1382

untempter1382

headstone of the cornerc1400

Valentinec1450

illuminator1485

sun?1521

righteous maker1535

shepherd1535

verity1535

strengthener1567

gracer1592

heart-searcher1618

heartbreaker1642

sustainera1680

philanthropist1730

the invisible1781

praise1782

All-Father1814

wisdom1855

omniscient1856

engracer1866

inbreather1873

God of the gaps1933

the great —— in the sky1968

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > disposition of stones or bricks > [noun] > specific stone or brick

hirne-stonec1000

parpen1252

coin1350

coin-stone1350

angler1365

parpal1369

corner-stonea1382

cunye1387

tuss1412

quoin1532

table stone1554

quoining1562

copestone1567

ground-stone1567

lock bandc1582

quinyie1588

perpender1611

whelmer1618

parpen stone1633

capstone1665

headera1684

through1683

quoin-stone1688

stretcher1693

closer1700

bed-stone1723

coping-brick1725

girder1726

footstone1728

heading brick1731

bossage1736

lewis-hole1740

shoulder1744

headstone1745

pawl1753

tail-bond1776

coping-stone1778

slocking-stone1778

throughband1794

through-stone1797

stretching-bond1805

core1823

keystone1823

tail-binder1828

stretching-stone1833

header brick1841

coign1843

pawl-stone1844

bay-stone1845

bonder1845

pillar-stone1854

bond-piece1862

stretcher-brick1867

toothing-stone1875

bond-stone1879

pierpoint1891

jumper1904

tush1905

padstone1944

c1400 Prose Versions New Test.: 1 Pet. (Selwyn) (1904) ii. 7 (MED) To ȝow þat by-leueþ he is worschupe & an heed-ston of þe corner [L. caput anguli].

a1450 (a1400) Feast of Corpus Christi (Bodl.) in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1889) 82 309 (MED) Þe stoon þat þe bylderus forsook..an heed-ston in an herne is maked.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cxvii[i]. 22 The same stone which the buylders refused, is become the heade stone in the corner [a1382 Wycliffite, E.V. the hed of the corner, L. caput anguli].

1580 W. Fulke Discov. Daungerous Rocke in Retentiue 208 That Christ..made him [sc. Peter] the heade stone of Gods militant Church nexte vnto Christe.

1644 T. Edwards Antapologia 269 That..there doe not yet rise up another great mountaine before Zerubbabel, to hinder the laying the head stone of that building, the foundation whereof is layed.

1660 E. Reynolds Meanes & Method healing in Church 42 That when it is finished, and the Head-stone of our settlement laid, we may say, It was the Lords doing.

1700 B. Keach Jewish Sabbath Abrogated ii. ii. 211 This day was the day when our Lord was made or became the Head-stone of the Corner, viz. the day of his glorious Resurrection.

1745 W. Salmon London & Country Builder's Vade Mecum (new ed.) xiii. 70 Take the Length of the Mantle or Head Stone.

1799 A. Fuller Gospel its Own Witness iii. 41 Either a character whom all love and venerate, or an end which all pursue..is that to a community which a head-stone is to an arch.

1807 J. Storer Antiquarian & Topogr. Cabinet II. sig. D5 The shaft [of the cross], exclusive of the head-stone, is six feet in length.

1870 D. G. Rossetti Poems (1872) 37 Thou headstone of humanity, Groundstone of the great Mystery.

1911 Secret Service 1 Sept. 22/1 It [sc. the money] was hidden under the headstone of an old house near the North Beach.

1996 C. Sagan Demon-haunted World (1997) i. 20 I..try to reach for the headstone of knowledge—do they really know what they claim to know?

2007 A. White Lotherton Hall (Leeds Museums & Galleries) (new ed.) 7/1 The water-leaf which is carved on the capital, or headstone, of the pillar is similar to those which frame the north door.

2. A stone marking the head of a grave, and usually inscribed with the name, dates, etc., of the dead person; a gravestone.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > obsequies > monument > [noun] > tombstone

gravestone1387

marble?a1400

tombstone1540

headstone1676

footstone1701

1676 in E. Henderson Kirk-session Rec. Dumfermline (1865) 69 Lawrence Thomson to visit the throcht and head stanes.

1739 F. Blomefield Ess. Topogr. Hist. Norfolk I. 488 There are two Head Stones in the Church-Yard.

1764 R. Bigland Observ. Marriages, Baptisms, & Burials 80 Even the very meanest head-stone in the church-yard was replaced in due form.

1833 Ld. Tennyson Poems 3 Come only, when the days are still, And at my headstone whisper low, And tell me if the woodbines blow.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. Introd. 8 The churchyards, with their grassy mounds and venerable headstones.

1895 M. A. Jackson Mem. Stonewall Jackson 636 I had the plot enclosed with an iron railing, and a simple marble headstone..placed at the grave.

1913 H. Clifford Malayan Monochromes vii. 139 The little shady graveyard, where the round headstones stood about in disorder.

1976 Southern Evening Echo (Southampton) 11 Nov. 2/4 Youngsters get hold of spray cans and write nasty things on the back of headstones, or kick them over.

2007 Wall St. Jrnl. 26 Oct. w11/3 She visited my Uncle Murphy's grave and saw the headstone.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	headstone
释义	headstonen. Brit. /ˈhɛdstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈhɛdˌstoʊn/ Forms: see head n.¹ and stone n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, stone n. Etymology: < head n.¹ + stone n.In headstone of the corner at sense 1 after post-classical Latin caput anguli cornerstone, lit. ‘head of the corner’ (Vulgate); compare head of the corner n. at head n.¹ Phrases 3d. Compare Middle Dutch hōvetsteen (Dutch hoofdsteen ), Middle Low German hȫvetstein , Old High German houbitstein (Middle High German houbetstein , German †Hauptstein ), all in sense ‘cornerstone’ (chiefly in figurative use). Compare corner-stone n. With sense 2 compare earlier gravestone n. and tombstone n. 1. The chief or most important foundation stone; (also) a topmost stone; a capstone, keystone, or capital. Frequently figurative and in figurative contexts, esp. in echoes of biblical passages (cf. quots. c1400, 1535): the vital or essential element of something. headstone of the corner: = corner-stone n. 1 (chiefly figurative). Cf. head of the corner n. at head n.¹ Phrases 3d. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > according to other attributes horn of salvation (health)c825 fatherOE Our FatherOE leecha1200 searcher of (men's) heartsa1382 untempter1382 headstone of the cornerc1400 Valentinec1450 illuminator1485 sun?1521 righteous maker1535 shepherd1535 verity1535 strengthener1567 gracer1592 heart-searcher1618 heartbreaker1642 sustainera1680 philanthropist1730 the invisible1781 praise1782 All-Father1814 wisdom1855 omniscient1856 engracer1866 inbreather1873 God of the gaps1933 the great —— in the sky1968 society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > disposition of stones or bricks > [noun] > specific stone or brick hirne-stonec1000 parpen1252 coin1350 coin-stone1350 angler1365 parpal1369 corner-stonea1382 cunye1387 tuss1412 quoin1532 table stone1554 quoining1562 copestone1567 ground-stone1567 lock bandc1582 quinyie1588 perpender1611 whelmer1618 parpen stone1633 capstone1665 headera1684 through1683 quoin-stone1688 stretcher1693 closer1700 bed-stone1723 coping-brick1725 girder1726 footstone1728 heading brick1731 bossage1736 lewis-hole1740 shoulder1744 headstone1745 pawl1753 tail-bond1776 coping-stone1778 slocking-stone1778 throughband1794 through-stone1797 stretching-bond1805 core1823 keystone1823 tail-binder1828 stretching-stone1833 header brick1841 coign1843 pawl-stone1844 bay-stone1845 bonder1845 pillar-stone1854 bond-piece1862 stretcher-brick1867 toothing-stone1875 bond-stone1879 pierpoint1891 jumper1904 tush1905 padstone1944 c1400 Prose Versions New Test.: 1 Pet. (Selwyn) (1904) ii. 7 (MED) To ȝow þat by-leueþ he is worschupe & an heed-ston of þe corner [L. caput anguli]. a1450 (a1400) Feast of Corpus Christi (Bodl.) in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1889) 82 309 (MED) Þe stoon þat þe bylderus forsook..an heed-ston in an herne is maked. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cxvii[i]. 22 The same stone which the buylders refused, is become the heade stone in the corner [a1382 Wycliffite, E.V. the hed of the corner, L. caput anguli]. 1580 W. Fulke Discov. Daungerous Rocke in Retentiue 208 That Christ..made him [sc. Peter] the heade stone of Gods militant Church nexte vnto Christe. 1644 T. Edwards Antapologia 269 That..there doe not yet rise up another great mountaine before Zerubbabel, to hinder the laying the head stone of that building, the foundation whereof is layed. 1660 E. Reynolds Meanes & Method healing in Church 42 That when it is finished, and the Head-stone of our settlement laid, we may say, It was the Lords doing. 1700 B. Keach Jewish Sabbath Abrogated ii. ii. 211 This day was the day when our Lord was made or became the Head-stone of the Corner, viz. the day of his glorious Resurrection. 1745 W. Salmon London & Country Builder's Vade Mecum (new ed.) xiii. 70 Take the Length of the Mantle or Head Stone. 1799 A. Fuller Gospel its Own Witness iii. 41 Either a character whom all love and venerate, or an end which all pursue..is that to a community which a head-stone is to an arch. 1807 J. Storer Antiquarian & Topogr. Cabinet II. sig. D5 The shaft [of the cross], exclusive of the head-stone, is six feet in length. 1870 D. G. Rossetti Poems (1872) 37 Thou headstone of humanity, Groundstone of the great Mystery. 1911 Secret Service 1 Sept. 22/1 It [sc. the money] was hidden under the headstone of an old house near the North Beach. 1996 C. Sagan Demon-haunted World (1997) i. 20 I..try to reach for the headstone of knowledge—do they really know what they claim to know? 2007 A. White Lotherton Hall (Leeds Museums & Galleries) (new ed.) 7/1 The water-leaf which is carved on the capital, or headstone, of the pillar is similar to those which frame the north door. 2. A stone marking the head of a grave, and usually inscribed with the name, dates, etc., of the dead person; a gravestone. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > monument > [noun] > tombstone gravestone1387 marble?a1400 tombstone1540 headstone1676 footstone1701 1676 in E. Henderson Kirk-session Rec. Dumfermline (1865) 69 Lawrence Thomson to visit the throcht and head stanes. 1739 F. Blomefield Ess. Topogr. Hist. Norfolk I. 488 There are two Head Stones in the Church-Yard. 1764 R. Bigland Observ. Marriages, Baptisms, & Burials 80 Even the very meanest head-stone in the church-yard was replaced in due form. 1833 Ld. Tennyson Poems 3 Come only, when the days are still, And at my headstone whisper low, And tell me if the woodbines blow. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. Introd. 8 The churchyards, with their grassy mounds and venerable headstones. 1895 M. A. Jackson Mem. Stonewall Jackson 636 I had the plot enclosed with an iron railing, and a simple marble headstone..placed at the grave. 1913 H. Clifford Malayan Monochromes vii. 139 The little shady graveyard, where the round headstones stood about in disorder. 1976 Southern Evening Echo (Southampton) 11 Nov. 2/4 Youngsters get hold of spray cans and write nasty things on the back of headstones, or kick them over. 2007 Wall St. Jrnl. 26 Oct. w11/3 She visited my Uncle Murphy's grave and saw the headstone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1400
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