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单词 pimble stone
释义

pimble stonen.

Forms: 1500s pimple stone, 1600s pimble stone.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: pebble stone n.
Etymology: Variant of pebble stone n., apparently with epenthetic nasal consonant in the first syllable.
Obsolete. rare.
A pebble.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > a stone > [noun] > pebble
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pebbleOE
pebble stoneOE
gravel-stonec1450
calionc1459
pimble stone1577
rockstone1625
shilly1675
dornick1840
klip1852
jackstone1885
yonnie1941
1577 J. Frampton tr. N. Monardes Three Bookes ii. f. 73v Pure Pimple stones, of a brooke or riuer.
1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo iii. xix. 491 Did not I teach those that could not pronounce the letter R, to lay little pimble stones vnder their tongue, to eleuate the same?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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