单词 | malmstone |
释义 | malmstonen. = malm n. 1(a). Also: a piece of this. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > chalk > malm malmeOE malm rock1833 malmstone1889 eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) iv. xiii. 113 Hit biþ eac geornlic þæt mon heardlice gnide þone hnescestan mealmstan æfter þæm þæt he þence þone soelestan hwetstan on to geræceanne. OE Prose Charm: St. Columkill's Circle (Vitell. E.xviii) in G. Storms Anglo-Saxon Magic (1948) 309 Writ þysne circul mid þines cnifes orde on anum mealmstane. 1395 in L. F. Salzman Building in Eng. (1992) vii. 138 (MED) [At Wallingford 228 cartloads of stones called] malmeston. 1889 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 45 406 In the more siliceous malmstones fragments of siliceous sponge-spicules are abundant. 1894 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 3rd Ser. 5 391 The persistence of the Malmstone over a very wide extent of the Upper Greensand of England is a noteworthy fact. 1946 L. D. Stamp Britain's Struct. & Scenery xvi. 188 Upper Greensand... Sand, sandstone, malmstone and clay... Malmstone is a siliceous rock with a large proportion of sponge spicules. 2000 Reflections (Hampshire Buildings Preservation Trust) 10 The Trust repaired the malmstone walls and re-roofed the building in handmade tiles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.eOE |
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