potstonen.

Brit.

/ˈpɒtstəʊn/, U.S.

/ˈpɑtˌstoʊn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pot n.¹, stone n.

Etymology: < pot n.¹ + stone n.; so called because the material was used to make containers. In sense 1 probably after post-classical Latin lapis ollaris (see lapis ollaris n. at lapis n. Compounds).

1. A granular variety of soapstone (steatite).

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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > phyllosilicate > [noun] > talc > steatite > varieties

French chalk1728

potstone1741

Spanish chalk1760

polyphant stone1867

1741 tr. J. A. Cramer Elements Art of assaying Metals 11 Ollaris, Lebetum Lapis, Pot-Stone, which feels exactly like hard Soap.

1771 J. R. Forster tr. P. Kalm Trav. N. Amer. II. 41 The old boilers or kettles of the Indians, were either made of clay, or of different kinds of pot-stone, (Lapis ollaris).

1791 W. Nicholson tr. J. A. C. Chaptal Elements Chem. II. 77 Carbonate of Magnesia, Silex, and Alumine. The mixture of these three earthy principles forms talcs, steatites, pot-stones, or lapides ollares.

1804 R. Jameson Min. I. 345 Pot Stone..[is] soft, and sometimes very soft.

1882 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. ii. 120 A finely felted aggregate of scales of talc, with chlorite and serpentine, is called Potstone.

1930 L. Munday Mounty's Wife xiii. 171 These [Eskimo] lamps are made of potstone... They are about eighteen inches long, made in the shape of a crescent.

1998 Britannia 29 480 The discussion of the finds terminates with sections on wall plaster..and stone.., the latter dealing mainly with a lavez (potstone) beaker.

2. English regional. A large circular, rounded, or roughly conical mass of stone; spec. (a) (Norfolk) a mass of flint found in a chalk bed; = paramoudra n.; (b) a mass of stone, esp. one formed from a fossil tree stump, occurring in the roof of a coal seam, and liable to cause its collapse (cf. pothole n. 2a).

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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > [noun] > hard stone > flint

flintOE

flintstone1375

silexa1592

gold-flint1683

potstone1811

1811 J. Farey Gen. View Agric. Derbyshire I. 431 Some thin lamellar Grit-stones, which are found capable of withstanding high degrees of Heat, without melting or falling to pieces, are formed into round plates about an inch thick, and 9 or 10 inches diameter, called Pye-stones, Pot-stones, or Lump-stones, and are sold to the Iron Forges for heating their Balls of scraps upon.

1855 C. Lyell Elem. Geol. (ed. 5) xvii. 244 Huge flints, or potstones as they are called in Norfolk, occurring singly, or arranged in nearly continuous columns at right angles to the ordinary and horizontal layers of small flints... The potstones, many of them pear-shaped, were usually about three feet in height, and one foot in..diameter.

1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Pot-stones, cone-shaped masses of stone, met with in the roofs of mines.

1931 W. Sussex Gaz. 1 Jan. 3/4 In Norfolk they are known as potstones, but the scientific world knows them as paramoudras.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	potstone
释义	potstonen. Brit. /ˈpɒtstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈpɑtˌstoʊn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pot n.¹, stone n. Etymology: < pot n.¹ + stone n.; so called because the material was used to make containers. In sense 1 probably after post-classical Latin lapis ollaris (see lapis ollaris n. at lapis n. Compounds). 1. A granular variety of soapstone (steatite). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > phyllosilicate > [noun] > talc > steatite > varieties French chalk1728 potstone1741 Spanish chalk1760 polyphant stone1867 1741 tr. J. A. Cramer Elements Art of assaying Metals 11 Ollaris, Lebetum Lapis, Pot-Stone, which feels exactly like hard Soap. 1771 J. R. Forster tr. P. Kalm Trav. N. Amer. II. 41 The old boilers or kettles of the Indians, were either made of clay, or of different kinds of pot-stone, (Lapis ollaris). 1791 W. Nicholson tr. J. A. C. Chaptal Elements Chem. II. 77 Carbonate of Magnesia, Silex, and Alumine. The mixture of these three earthy principles forms talcs, steatites, pot-stones, or lapides ollares. 1804 R. Jameson Min. I. 345 Pot Stone..[is] soft, and sometimes very soft. 1882 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. ii. 120 A finely felted aggregate of scales of talc, with chlorite and serpentine, is called Potstone. 1930 L. Munday Mounty's Wife xiii. 171 These [Eskimo] lamps are made of potstone... They are about eighteen inches long, made in the shape of a crescent. 1998 Britannia 29 480 The discussion of the finds terminates with sections on wall plaster..and stone.., the latter dealing mainly with a lavez (potstone) beaker. 2. English regional. A large circular, rounded, or roughly conical mass of stone; spec. (a) (Norfolk) a mass of flint found in a chalk bed; = paramoudra n.; (b) a mass of stone, esp. one formed from a fossil tree stump, occurring in the roof of a coal seam, and liable to cause its collapse (cf. pothole n. 2a). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > [noun] > hard stone > flint flintOE flintstone1375 silexa1592 gold-flint1683 potstone1811 1811 J. Farey Gen. View Agric. Derbyshire I. 431 Some thin lamellar Grit-stones, which are found capable of withstanding high degrees of Heat, without melting or falling to pieces, are formed into round plates about an inch thick, and 9 or 10 inches diameter, called Pye-stones, Pot-stones, or Lump-stones, and are sold to the Iron Forges for heating their Balls of scraps upon. 1855 C. Lyell Elem. Geol. (ed. 5) xvii. 244 Huge flints, or potstones as they are called in Norfolk, occurring singly, or arranged in nearly continuous columns at right angles to the ordinary and horizontal layers of small flints... The potstones, many of them pear-shaped, were usually about three feet in height, and one foot in..diameter. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Pot-stones, cone-shaped masses of stone, met with in the roofs of mines. 1931 W. Sussex Gaz. 1 Jan. 3/4 In Norfolk they are known as potstones, but the scientific world knows them as paramoudras. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1741
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