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单词 logan-stone
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logan-stonen.

Brit. /ˈlɒɡ(ə)nstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈlɔɡənˌstoʊn/, /ˈlɑɡənˌstoʊn/
Forms: Also loggan-stone, logan.
Etymology: < logan = logging adj.2 + stone n.
A rocking-stone.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > rock formations > [noun] > rocking or perched
rocking stone1638
shaking stonea1705
logan-stone1759
logging-stone1818
1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. 4 This stone..was a Logan or Rocking-stone.
1808 R. Polwhele Cornish-Eng. Vocab. 45 Logan, shaking. A logan stone, a rocking moving stone.
1824 F. Hitchins & S. Drew Hist. Cornwall I. iv. §4. 148 In the parish of Sithney..stood a celebrated logging stone.
1826 N. T. Carrington Dartmoor 66 Near the edge Of the loud brawling stream a Logan stands Haply self-poised.
1831 A. W. Fonblanque Eng. under Seven Admin. (1837) II. 79 Like the Logan stones, which the finger of a child may move.
1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn (1900) xxxiv. 181/2 Strong as your famous lieutenant who capsized the logan stone.
1881 J. Hawthorne Fortune's Fool (1883) i. xv The big loggan-stone that had stood in front..was upset, and fallen into the gulley.
1881 Harper's Mag. Nov. 803 Logging-stones whose ponderous bulk sways at the touch of a woman's hand.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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