limestonen.

Brit.

/ˈlʌɪmstəʊn/, U.S.

/ˈlaɪmˌstoʊn/

Etymology: < lime n.¹ + stone n.

a. A rock which consists chiefly of carbonate of lime, and yields lime when burnt. (The crystalline variety of limestone is marble.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > limestone

limestone1523

scagliola1582

lime-rock1665

scaglia1774

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > limestone > type of

mailley1747

madrepore1809

limestone1813

roach1813

madrepore marble1839

majolica1866

post rock1958

1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng vi. f. 6^v Yet may he laufully..selle..fre stonne, lyme stone, chalke,..or tynne, to his owne vse.

1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 10 Free-stone, Ragg-stone, Lime-stone.

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry vi. 95 Any soft Stone as Firestone, Limestone, etc., if broke small, and laid on cold Lands, must be of advantage.

1813 R. Bakewell Introd. Geol. iii. 72 Crystalline lime-stone..contains no organic remains.

b. A species (or †a specimen) of this rock.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > limestone > piece of

limestone1664

1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 67 in Sylva Having before put some rubbish of Brick-bats, Lime-stones, shells, or the like at the bottom of the Cases, to make the moisture passage.

1742 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 4) I. 57 Others are said to make Use of Lime-stones to fine and preserve the Drink.

1813 H. Davy Elements Agric. Chem. i. 5 By simple chemical tests the nature of a limestone is discovered in a few minutes.

1838 C. Lyell Elem. Geol. xvii. 371 One of the limestones of the Middle Oolite.

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 774 When the kiln is to be set in action, it is filled with rough limestones.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 118 All limestones from the softest chalk to the hardest marble consists essentially of carbonate of lime.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

limestone-cliff n.

ΚΠ

1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 88 The high Ragstone Mountains and Lime Stone Cliffs.

1823 S. H. Long Exped. I. 32 It is a perpendicular fissure extending about one hundred and sixty feet into horizontal limestone cliffs.

1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. v. 243 The yucca grew on the limestone cliffs.

limestone-crag n.

ΚΠ

1862 C. Kingsley Water-babies i, in Macmillan's Mag. Aug. 276/1 A low cave of rock, at the foot of a limestone crag.

limestone-gravel n.

ΚΠ

1764 Museum Rusticum (1765) 3 xvii. 75 Others fallow, and manure with a very happy provision they have in the thinly-inhabited and interior parts of the kingdom, called lime-stone gravel.

1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 236 Lime-stone gravel..has been successfully laid upon land in Ireland.

limestone-land n.

ΚΠ

1685 R. Boyle Exper. Disc. Salubr. Air 10 in Ess. Effects Motion A large tract of Limestone land was so warm (as they speak) as to dissolve the Snow that fell on it.

1811 Niles' Reg. 12 Oct. 101/1 Our steepest lime stone lands are very favorable to sheep.

limestone pan n.

ΚΠ

1838 J. Hall Western States i. 17 It rests upon a horizontal limestone pan.

limestone-region n.

ΚΠ

1865 P. H. Gosse Land & Sea (1874) 321 A limestone region is essential to the abundance of these animals.

limestone rock n.

ΚΠ

1816 U. Brown in Maryland Hist. Mag. 10 270 The Market House built on a Lime Stone Rock.

1872 E. Eggleston Hoosier School-master xi. 95 A brook gurgled among the heaps of bare limestone rocks.

limestone sand n.

ΚΠ

1849 E. Chamberlain Indiana Gazetteer 159 The soil..is a rich alluvion mixed with a limestone sand and gravel.

limestone-slab n.

ΚΠ

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 774 The several stories are formed of groined arches o, and platforms p, covered over with limestone slabs.

limestone soil n.

ΚΠ

1849 E. Chamberlain Indiana Gazetteer 191 The strip along the river has a lime-stone soil.

limestone-water n.

ΚΠ

1831 J. M. Peck Guide for Emigrants 233 Those persons who have been unaccustomed to lime stone water..frequently have eruptions of the skin.

1872 E. Eggleston End of World ix. 65 Having..quaffed the hard limestone water.

limestone-encased adj.

ΚΠ

1889 N. S. Shaler Aspects of Earth 102 The North Atlantic where minute limestone-encased creatures float in the water while they live.

C2.

limestone-bead n. (see quot.).

ΚΠ

1793 D. Ure Hist. Rutherglen 319 The Entrochi..by workmen in Kilbride they are more commonly called Limestone-beads.

limestone-fern n. (Britten & Holland) = limestone-polypody n.

limestone-polypody n. a fern, Gymnocarpium robertianum, restricted to areas of limestone rock.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > other ferns

mountain parsley1578

female fern1597

rock parsley1597

spleenwort1597

marsh fern1686

prickly fern1764

parsley fern1777

sensitive fern1780

lady fern1783

stone-brake1796

mountain fern1800

rock brake1802

walking leaf1811

todea1813

shield-fern1814

Woodsia1815

mangemange1817

cinnamon fern1818

climbing fern1818

bladder-fern1828

king fern1829

filmy fern1830

ostrich fern1833

New York fern1843

mokimoki1844

rhizocarp1852

film-fern1855

nardoo1860

gymnogram1861

holly-fern1861

limestone-polypody1861

elk-horn1865

Gleichenia1865

lizard's herb1866

cliff brake1867

kidney fern1867

Christmas fern1873

Prince of Wales feathers1873

Christmas shield fern1878

buckler-fern1882

crape-fern1882

stag-horn1882

ladder fern1884

oleander fern1884

stag fern1884

resam1889

lip-fern1890

coral-fern1898

bamboo fern1930

pteroid1949

fern-gale-

1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. VI. 164 Limestone Polypody.

1888 C. T. Druery Choice Brit. Ferns 118 The young fronds [of the Oak Fern] also, when unfolding, exactly resemble the pawnbroker's sign of three balls, which those of the Limestone Polypody do not.

1908 E. Step Wayside & Woodland Ferns 87 The Limestone Polypody..will be found nowhere except on lime~stone rocks.

1960 P. Taylor Brit. Ferns & Mosses 164 The Limestone Polypody occurs in the mountains of Europe, temperate Asia and North America.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	limestone
释义	limestonen. Brit. /ˈlʌɪmstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈlaɪmˌstoʊn/ Etymology: < lime n.¹ + stone n. a. A rock which consists chiefly of carbonate of lime, and yields lime when burnt. (The crystalline variety of limestone is marble.) ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > limestone limestone1523 scagliola1582 lime-rock1665 scaglia1774 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > limestone > type of mailley1747 madrepore1809 limestone1813 roach1813 madrepore marble1839 majolica1866 post rock1958 1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng vi. f. 6^v Yet may he laufully..selle..fre stonne, lyme stone, chalke,..or tynne, to his owne vse. 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 10 Free-stone, Ragg-stone, Lime-stone. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry vi. 95 Any soft Stone as Firestone, Limestone, etc., if broke small, and laid on cold Lands, must be of advantage. 1813 R. Bakewell Introd. Geol. iii. 72 Crystalline lime-stone..contains no organic remains. b. A species (or †a specimen) of this rock. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > limestone > piece of limestone1664 1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 67 in Sylva Having before put some rubbish of Brick-bats, Lime-stones, shells, or the like at the bottom of the Cases, to make the moisture passage. 1742 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 4) I. 57 Others are said to make Use of Lime-stones to fine and preserve the Drink. 1813 H. Davy Elements Agric. Chem. i. 5 By simple chemical tests the nature of a limestone is discovered in a few minutes. 1838 C. Lyell Elem. Geol. xvii. 371 One of the limestones of the Middle Oolite. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 774 When the kiln is to be set in action, it is filled with rough limestones. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 118 All limestones from the softest chalk to the hardest marble consists essentially of carbonate of lime. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. limestone-cliff n. ΚΠ 1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 88 The high Ragstone Mountains and Lime Stone Cliffs. 1823 S. H. Long Exped. I. 32 It is a perpendicular fissure extending about one hundred and sixty feet into horizontal limestone cliffs. 1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. v. 243 The yucca grew on the limestone cliffs. limestone-crag n. ΚΠ 1862 C. Kingsley Water-babies i, in Macmillan's Mag. Aug. 276/1 A low cave of rock, at the foot of a limestone crag. limestone-gravel n. ΚΠ 1764 Museum Rusticum (1765) 3 xvii. 75 Others fallow, and manure with a very happy provision they have in the thinly-inhabited and interior parts of the kingdom, called lime-stone gravel. 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 236 Lime-stone gravel..has been successfully laid upon land in Ireland. limestone-land n. ΚΠ 1685 R. Boyle Exper. Disc. Salubr. Air 10 in Ess. Effects Motion A large tract of Limestone land was so warm (as they speak) as to dissolve the Snow that fell on it. 1811 Niles' Reg. 12 Oct. 101/1 Our steepest lime stone lands are very favorable to sheep. limestone pan n. ΚΠ 1838 J. Hall Western States i. 17 It rests upon a horizontal limestone pan. limestone-region n. ΚΠ 1865 P. H. Gosse Land & Sea (1874) 321 A limestone region is essential to the abundance of these animals. limestone rock n. ΚΠ 1816 U. Brown in Maryland Hist. Mag. 10 270 The Market House built on a Lime Stone Rock. 1872 E. Eggleston Hoosier School-master xi. 95 A brook gurgled among the heaps of bare limestone rocks. limestone sand n. ΚΠ 1849 E. Chamberlain Indiana Gazetteer 159 The soil..is a rich alluvion mixed with a limestone sand and gravel. limestone-slab n. ΚΠ 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 774 The several stories are formed of groined arches o, and platforms p, covered over with limestone slabs. limestone soil n. ΚΠ 1849 E. Chamberlain Indiana Gazetteer 191 The strip along the river has a lime-stone soil. limestone-water n. ΚΠ 1831 J. M. Peck Guide for Emigrants 233 Those persons who have been unaccustomed to lime stone water..frequently have eruptions of the skin. 1872 E. Eggleston End of World ix. 65 Having..quaffed the hard limestone water. b. limestone-encased adj. ΚΠ 1889 N. S. Shaler Aspects of Earth 102 The North Atlantic where minute limestone-encased creatures float in the water while they live. C2. limestone-bead n. (see quot.). ΚΠ 1793 D. Ure Hist. Rutherglen 319 The Entrochi..by workmen in Kilbride they are more commonly called Limestone-beads. limestone-fern n. (Britten & Holland) = limestone-polypody n. limestone-polypody n. a fern, Gymnocarpium robertianum, restricted to areas of limestone rock. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > other ferns mountain parsley1578 female fern1597 rock parsley1597 spleenwort1597 marsh fern1686 prickly fern1764 parsley fern1777 sensitive fern1780 lady fern1783 stone-brake1796 mountain fern1800 rock brake1802 walking leaf1811 todea1813 shield-fern1814 Woodsia1815 mangemange1817 cinnamon fern1818 climbing fern1818 bladder-fern1828 king fern1829 filmy fern1830 ostrich fern1833 New York fern1843 mokimoki1844 rhizocarp1852 film-fern1855 nardoo1860 gymnogram1861 holly-fern1861 limestone-polypody1861 elk-horn1865 Gleichenia1865 lizard's herb1866 cliff brake1867 kidney fern1867 Christmas fern1873 Prince of Wales feathers1873 Christmas shield fern1878 buckler-fern1882 crape-fern1882 stag-horn1882 ladder fern1884 oleander fern1884 stag fern1884 resam1889 lip-fern1890 coral-fern1898 bamboo fern1930 pteroid1949 fern-gale- 1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. VI. 164 Limestone Polypody. 1888 C. T. Druery Choice Brit. Ferns 118 The young fronds [of the Oak Fern] also, when unfolding, exactly resemble the pawnbroker's sign of three balls, which those of the Limestone Polypody do not. 1908 E. Step Wayside & Woodland Ferns 87 The Limestone Polypody..will be found nowhere except on lime~stone rocks. 1960 P. Taylor Brit. Ferns & Mosses 164 The Limestone Polypody occurs in the mountains of Europe, temperate Asia and North America. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1523
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