| 单词 | pox-stone |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspox-stone pox-stone n. English regional (Staffordshire) Now rare = pockstone n. at pock n.1 Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > [noun] > hard stone > pox-stone pox-stone1686 pockstone1739 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. v. 191 A Pox-stone, i.e. a stone scarce vincible by fire. c1700 W. Kennett MS Lansdowne 1033 1033 lf. 305 b Above the coal mines at Chedle in Staffordshire they have a rock of a greyish colour, called pox-stone so very hard, that where they doe not luckily meet with a cleft, they are forced to put fire to it, to soften it, or make it flaw. 1880 C. H. Poole Attempt Gloss. Stafford 18/1 Pox-stone, a hard stone of a greyish colour. < as lemmas |
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