beddyadj.

/ˈbɛdi/

Etymology: < bed n. + -y suffix¹.

Of stone: having natural cleavages, with liability to split.

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the world > the earth > minerals > mineral structure or appearance > [adjective] > cleavage or fracture

beddy1709

splintery1794

conchoid1802

conchoidal1802

graphic1814

axotomous1834

fendillated1853

plagioclastic1869

plagioclasic1913

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [adjective] > liable to split

beddy1709

1709 T. Robinson Ess. Nat. Hist. Westmorland & Cumberland xiv. 79 Under this white Metal, comes in a beddy Free-stone, which is always of a grey Colour.

1829 S. Glover Hist. County of Derby I. 88 The freestones,..often called building stone..(in distinction from beddy stone, flags or paviers).

1888 S. Baring-Gould Richard Cable xlii He may discover, when he's half cut it [sc. granite], that it's beddy (liable to split).

1892 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words (at cited word) ‘Beddy freestone’ is thus distinguished from a compact, granular deposit.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	beddy
释义	beddyadj. /ˈbɛdi/ Etymology: < bed n. + -y suffix¹. Of stone: having natural cleavages, with liability to split. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral structure or appearance > [adjective] > cleavage or fracture beddy1709 splintery1794 conchoid1802 conchoidal1802 graphic1814 axotomous1834 fendillated1853 plagioclastic1869 plagioclasic1913 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [adjective] > liable to split beddy1709 1709 T. Robinson Ess. Nat. Hist. Westmorland & Cumberland xiv. 79 Under this white Metal, comes in a beddy Free-stone, which is always of a grey Colour. 1829 S. Glover Hist. County of Derby I. 88 The freestones,..often called building stone..(in distinction from beddy stone, flags or paviers). 1888 S. Baring-Gould Richard Cable xlii He may discover, when he's half cut it [sc. granite], that it's beddy (liable to split). 1892 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words (at cited word) ‘Beddy freestone’ is thus distinguished from a compact, granular deposit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < adj.1709
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