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单词 march stone
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march stonen.

Brit. /ˈmɑːtʃ stəʊn/, U.S. /ˈmɑrtʃ ˌstoʊn/, Scottish English /ˈmartʃ ˌston/
Forms: see march n.3 and stone n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: march n.3, stone n.
Etymology: < march n.3 + stone n. Compare earlier markstone n.
Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern). Now historical.
A stone set up to mark the boundary of the lands of an individual or community. Also in extended use.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > land-boundary > boundary mark > stone
hoar-stone847
honeeOE
merestoneOE
markstoneOE
march stone1519
shire-stone1536
dool-stone1580
bound-stone1602
witter stone1615
metestone1617
bounder-stone1635
bourne-stone1837
1519 in J. S. Clouston Rec. Earldom of Orkney (1914) 92 At the auld mairchstaine of Saba.
1528 Cal. Edinb. Register House Charters Suppl. At thair be halff ane ell off breyd on euerylk syd off the marche stanys to be free wnlawboryt for euer.
1536 in J. Anderson Cal. Laing Charters (1899) 108 To the merch steane with ane croce on the heid theiron.
1587 in A. Peterkin Notes Orkney & Zetland (1822) 127 They to set down march-stanes thereafter to stand for ever.
1639 W. Balcanquhall Large Declar. Tumults Scotl. 164 What is the use of merch-stones upon borders of Lands, the like use hath Confessions of Faith in the Kirk.
1680 Stirling Common Good f. 142 For calling of 16 march stones to sett. Item to six spademen for to sett tham.
1707 A. Gray Gospel-call & Consol. 23 The march-stone betwixt thee and an hypocrite.
1722 Sober Verity 31 Like as a Hercules Pillar, or as we Land-ward Men use to Speak, like a March-Stone.
1789 J. Brand Hist. & Antiq. Newcastle I. 461 Round the moor the march-stones, i.e. the boundary-stones, are placed a little within the hedge.
1816 G. Muir Clydesdale Minstrelsy 13 Whose oaths are taken that the pits or march stones are standing in the same situation they left them last year.
1873 J. Brown Round Table Club 377 I hae aften wonnert the lairds didna set up mairch-stanes here, or ae muckle mairch-stane wi' a sooperscription on't.
1899 Shetland News 29 Apr. (E.D.D.) I sat me doon apon a mairch stane.
1978 A. Fenton Northern Isles ix. 70 In June 1850, Irvine submitted a Report to the Lord Ordinary on the measurements of the boundary lines and the setting up of march marks..other march stones were similar.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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