单词 | ketton-stone |
释义 | ketton-stonen. An oolitic limestone obtained from quarries at Ketton, in Rutland. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > limestone > oolite > type of ketton-stone1794 Portland limestone1849 plank1871 Indiana limestone1879 Bath oolite- 1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 83 Ketton stone, whose colour is reddish brown, and consists of small rounded particles compacted together like the roe of fish. 1810 E. D. Clarke Trav. Var. Countries: Pt. 1st xxiv. 625 The chemical analysis of this mineral is nearly that of the Ketton-stone. 1817 J. Bradbury Trav. Amer. 287 That species of limestone called ketton-stone, or compact limestone of Kirwan. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1794 |
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