| 单词 | pit stone |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspit stone pit stone n. now rare (a) stone dug from a quarry or mine. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > material taken from quarry quarrela1400 rockstone?1545 pit stone1659 stock1709 banker1853 key block1881 1659 A. Hay Diary (1901) 76 St Jons kirk was content with the pitstones. 1726 W. Gibson Farrier's Dispensatory (ed. 2) i. iii. 42 Lime-Stone, This is only a Kind of Pit-Stone, which is very hard. 2003 Illawarra Mercury (Austral.) (Nexis) 8 Apr. 8 When it begins rehabilitating Kemira Colliery..BHP Billiton expects to excavate 90,000 tonnes of mining memoirs, including pit stone, coal refuse and the odd gumboot. < as lemmas |
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