pumice stonen.

Brit.

/ˈpʌmɪs stəʊn/,

/ˈpʌmɪstəʊn/, U.S.

/ˈpəməs ˌstoʊn/,

/ˈpəməˌstoʊn/

Forms:

α. late Middle English pomeys ston, 1500s pomes stone, 1500s pomise stone, 1500s pommis stone, 1500s pummyse stone, 1500s– pumice stone, 1600s pumis stone. a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 53^v Pumex, a pomeys ston.1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health i. f. 3^v What is it..than to desire wooll from an Asses backe, or to wryng water out of a Pummyse stone?1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Pierre ponce, a pomise stone.1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. (title page) Being a right pumice stone, apt to race out idlenesse with delight, and follie with admonition.1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. i. vi. 321 An ash-colour'd Pumis Stone.1769 Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 6 The pumice-stones, falling upon us like hail.1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets xi. 350 Scribes offer their pens and ink and pumice-stone to Hermes.1993 M. Clynes Grail Murders (BNC) 169 Benjamin was at home in the library, exclaiming with delight at the smell of parchment, pumice stone, ink and newly treated vellum.

β. 1500s pumishe stone, 1500s–1600s pumish stone. a1566 T. Hoby Trav. (1902) 52 Pumishe stones which are so light that they flee upp with the flame and so fall in the asshes.1574 J. Baret Aluearie P 784 A Pumish stone vsed to make parchment smooth, pumex.1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. ii. 24 A lighter body and spungeous..in maner of a pumish stone.1651 J. F. tr. H. C. Agrippa Three Bks. Occult Philos. i. vii. 19 They [sc. stones]..are spongious, as the Stones of a Sponge, the pumish Stone, and the Stone Sophus.

γ. 1500s–1600s pumie stone, 1500s–1600s pumi-stone, 1500s–1600s pummie stone, 1500s–1600s pumy stone, 1600s pummy stone, 1800s pomestone, 1800s pummey stone, 1900s– pommy-stone (English regional (Oxfordshire)). 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 1^v The substance..spongie, not vnlike a thicke Pummie stone.1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Mar. 89 Tho pumie stones I hastly hent, And threwe: but nought availed.1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. v. sig. Q8^v A gentle streame, whose murmuring waue did play Emongst the pumy stones.1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 183 Like a fast sponge or a smooth pumie-stone.a1680 J. Bargrave Pope Alexander VII (1867) ii. 123 Small cinders and pummy stones of Mont Aetna.1804 W. Clark Jrnl. 8 June in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1986) 286 Here I found Kegs an[d] Pummey stone.1821 J. Fowler Jrnl. 19 Oct. (1898) 23 The Hunters reports very Large quantities of pomestone on the side of a hill.a1903 in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 575/2 Pommy-stone, a pumice-stone.

δ. 1600s pumicke stone, 1600s pumick stone (Scottish). 1613 T. Jackson Eternall Truth Script. i. To Rdr. E j The Pumicke stones did flie about mens eares in the open fields.1648 in W. Macfarlane Geogr. Coll. Scotl. (1907) II. 516 In this town ther ar aboundance of pumick stonis floating upon the water.

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

Etymology: < pumice n. (compare forms and their discussion at that entry) + stone n. Compare French pierre ponce (1538 in Middle French), Spanish piedra pómez (a1525), Portuguese pedra-pomes (15th cent. as pedra-pomez).

1. A piece of pumice; = pumice n. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > shaping tools or equipment > [noun] > smoothing or polishing > pumice

pumice1422

pumice stonea1425

pumex1589

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > polishing > [noun] > implement for polishing > stone

slickstonec1325

pumice stonea1425

sleekstone1530

pounced stone1585

pomming-stone1615

polishing-slate1801

spume-stone1831

snake-stone1850

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > igneous rock > [noun] > volcanic rocks > lava > pumice > piece of

pumice stonea1425

pumice1480

a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 53^v Pumex, a pomeys ston.

a1566 T. Hoby Trav. (1902) 52 Pumishe stones which are so light that they flee upp with the flame and so fall in the asshes.

1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health i. f. 3^v What is it..than to desire wooll from an Asses backe, or to wryng water out of a Pummyse stone?

1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Mar. 89 Tho pumie stones I hastly hent, And threwe: but nought availed.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 544 To slick, polish, & smooth them again with the pumy stone.

1615 J. Swetnam Araignm. Lewde, Idle, Froward, & Vnconstant Women i. 3 In their loue a woman is compared to a pommis-stone, for which way soeuer you turne a pommis stone, it is full of holes.

1662 S. Pepys Diary 25 May (1970) III. 91 Trimming myself..with a pumice stone.

1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. i. 9 The Bones of a Humane Leg and Foot..in some places rarified like a Sponge or Pumice-Stone.

1769 Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 6 The pumice-stones, falling upon us like hail.

1836 W. Irving Astoria (1849) 409 A plain..strewed with pumice stones and other volcanic reliques.

1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets xi. 350 Scribes offer their pens and ink and pumice-stone to Hermes.

1958 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 4 Nov. 20/2 Fighters in the Roman Legion..showed their mettle by scraping their beards off with pumice stones.

1988 You/Verve (Toronto) Summer 16/2 Use a pumice stone to carefully smooth callused areas, such as the heels and elbows.

2. As a mass noun: = pumice n. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > igneous rock > [noun] > volcanic rocks > lava > pumice

pumice1480

pumice stone1566

pumex1649

sucking stone1664

1566 T. Blundeville Order curing Horses Dis. xxx. f. 24, in Fower Offices Horsemanshippe Russius woulde haue you take of Pommis stone, of Tartarum, and of Sal Gemma, of eche lyke wayght, and being beaten into very fyne powder, to blowe a lyttle of that into his eye.

1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. xxv. 197 Other thicke matter which dissolves into ashes, into pumice stone [Sp. Piedra-pomez], or such like substance.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 332 Repleat with Sulphur, Pitch, and Pumie stone.

1697 T. Burnet Theory of Earth (ed. 3) i. ix. 84 Last, to his mother's bed-chamber he's brought, Where the high roof with Pumice-stone is wrought.

1723 E. Stone tr. N. Bion Constr. & Principal Uses Math. Instruments iv. vi. 114 Then they must be rubbed over with Pumice-Stone and Water, to take away the Tracts of the File.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 184 The fire was mixed with prodigious quantities of brimstone, sand, pumice-stone, and ashes.

1831 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1 64 Alum was procured from some of these springs, and the lee shore of the lake was strewed with immense quantities of pumice-stone.

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 221/2 The body now receives a staining coat, after which it is well rubbed down with pumice-stone.

1924 A. J. Allmand & H. J. T. Ellingham Princ. Appl. Electrochem. (ed. 2) xx. 460 The gases are purified by washing with water, and passing through a tube containing palladium pumice-stone at a dull red heat.

1978 Tarzan Monthly No. 3. 23/2 A lava of this low viscosity is more likely to solidify into pumice stone.

2006 Daily News Los Angeles (Nexis) 11 July AV1 The material was pumice stone, used in washing denim.

3. figurative. Something resembling a stone made from pumice, esp. in its distinctive properties; = pumice n. 2. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun] > typically dry thing

pumice stone1583

chipa1691

1583 R. Greene Mamillia Sig. A3 Their books, neither worth the reading nor hearing: and yet..all so perfectly polished with the pumice stone of eloquence.

1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. (title page) Being a right pumice stone, apt to race out idlenesse with delight, and follie with admonition.

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1959) IV. 339 To weep for other things, and not to weep for sin..this is a spunge dried up into a Pumice stone..(as the Pumice is) dried in the Ætnaes of lust, of ambition.

1648 J. Owen Death of Death iv. iii. 215 Is not this rather a Pumice stone, than a breast of consolation?

1900 Living Age 21 July 148/2 She employs the astute Abbé Guitrel, an aboriginal of purest French blood, from whom she hopes to derive the benefits of a pumice-stone ‘to remove the stains of Germany and Asia’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pumice stone
释义	pumice stonen. Brit. /ˈpʌmɪs stəʊn/, /ˈpʌmɪstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈpəməs ˌstoʊn/, /ˈpəməˌstoʊn/ Forms: α. late Middle English pomeys ston, 1500s pomes stone, 1500s pomise stone, 1500s pommis stone, 1500s pummyse stone, 1500s– pumice stone, 1600s pumis stone. a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 53^v Pumex, a pomeys ston.1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health i. f. 3^v What is it..than to desire wooll from an Asses backe, or to wryng water out of a Pummyse stone?1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Pierre ponce, a pomise stone.1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. (title page) Being a right pumice stone, apt to race out idlenesse with delight, and follie with admonition.1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. i. vi. 321 An ash-colour'd Pumis Stone.1769 Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 6 The pumice-stones, falling upon us like hail.1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets xi. 350 Scribes offer their pens and ink and pumice-stone to Hermes.1993 M. Clynes Grail Murders (BNC) 169 Benjamin was at home in the library, exclaiming with delight at the smell of parchment, pumice stone, ink and newly treated vellum. β. 1500s pumishe stone, 1500s–1600s pumish stone. a1566 T. Hoby Trav. (1902) 52 Pumishe stones which are so light that they flee upp with the flame and so fall in the asshes.1574 J. Baret Aluearie P 784 A Pumish stone vsed to make parchment smooth, pumex.1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. ii. 24 A lighter body and spungeous..in maner of a pumish stone.1651 J. F. tr. H. C. Agrippa Three Bks. Occult Philos. i. vii. 19 They [sc. stones]..are spongious, as the Stones of a Sponge, the pumish Stone, and the Stone Sophus. γ. 1500s–1600s pumie stone, 1500s–1600s pumi-stone, 1500s–1600s pummie stone, 1500s–1600s pumy stone, 1600s pummy stone, 1800s pomestone, 1800s pummey stone, 1900s– pommy-stone (English regional (Oxfordshire)). 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 1^v The substance..spongie, not vnlike a thicke Pummie stone.1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Mar. 89 Tho pumie stones I hastly hent, And threwe: but nought availed.1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. v. sig. Q8^v A gentle streame, whose murmuring waue did play Emongst the pumy stones.1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 183 Like a fast sponge or a smooth pumie-stone.a1680 J. Bargrave Pope Alexander VII (1867) ii. 123 Small cinders and pummy stones of Mont Aetna.1804 W. Clark Jrnl. 8 June in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1986) 286 Here I found Kegs an[d] Pummey stone.1821 J. Fowler Jrnl. 19 Oct. (1898) 23 The Hunters reports very Large quantities of pomestone on the side of a hill.a1903 in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 575/2 Pommy-stone, a pumice-stone. δ. 1600s pumicke stone, 1600s pumick stone (Scottish). 1613 T. Jackson Eternall Truth Script. i. To Rdr. E j The Pumicke stones did flie about mens eares in the open fields.1648 in W. Macfarlane Geogr. Coll. Scotl. (1907) II. 516 In this town ther ar aboundance of pumick stonis floating upon the water. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pumice n., stone n. Etymology: < pumice n. (compare forms and their discussion at that entry) + stone n. Compare French pierre ponce (1538 in Middle French), Spanish piedra pómez (a1525), Portuguese pedra-pomes (15th cent. as pedra-pomez). 1. A piece of pumice; = pumice n. 1b. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > shaping tools or equipment > [noun] > smoothing or polishing > pumice pumice1422 pumice stonea1425 pumex1589 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > polishing > [noun] > implement for polishing > stone slickstonec1325 pumice stonea1425 sleekstone1530 pounced stone1585 pomming-stone1615 polishing-slate1801 spume-stone1831 snake-stone1850 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > igneous rock > [noun] > volcanic rocks > lava > pumice > piece of pumice stonea1425 pumice1480 a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 53^v Pumex, a pomeys ston. a1566 T. Hoby Trav. (1902) 52 Pumishe stones which are so light that they flee upp with the flame and so fall in the asshes. 1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health i. f. 3^v What is it..than to desire wooll from an Asses backe, or to wryng water out of a Pummyse stone? 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Mar. 89 Tho pumie stones I hastly hent, And threwe: but nought availed. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 544 To slick, polish, & smooth them again with the pumy stone. 1615 J. Swetnam Araignm. Lewde, Idle, Froward, & Vnconstant Women i. 3 In their loue a woman is compared to a pommis-stone, for which way soeuer you turne a pommis stone, it is full of holes. 1662 S. Pepys Diary 25 May (1970) III. 91 Trimming myself..with a pumice stone. 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. i. 9 The Bones of a Humane Leg and Foot..in some places rarified like a Sponge or Pumice-Stone. 1769 Philos. Trans. 1768 (Royal Soc.) 58 6 The pumice-stones, falling upon us like hail. 1836 W. Irving Astoria (1849) 409 A plain..strewed with pumice stones and other volcanic reliques. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets xi. 350 Scribes offer their pens and ink and pumice-stone to Hermes. 1958 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 4 Nov. 20/2 Fighters in the Roman Legion..showed their mettle by scraping their beards off with pumice stones. 1988 You/Verve (Toronto) Summer 16/2 Use a pumice stone to carefully smooth callused areas, such as the heels and elbows. 2. As a mass noun: = pumice n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > igneous rock > [noun] > volcanic rocks > lava > pumice pumice1480 pumice stone1566 pumex1649 sucking stone1664 1566 T. Blundeville Order curing Horses Dis. xxx. f. 24, in Fower Offices Horsemanshippe Russius woulde haue you take of Pommis stone, of Tartarum, and of Sal Gemma, of eche lyke wayght, and being beaten into very fyne powder, to blowe a lyttle of that into his eye. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. xxv. 197 Other thicke matter which dissolves into ashes, into pumice stone [Sp. Piedra-pomez], or such like substance. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 332 Repleat with Sulphur, Pitch, and Pumie stone. 1697 T. Burnet Theory of Earth (ed. 3) i. ix. 84 Last, to his mother's bed-chamber he's brought, Where the high roof with Pumice-stone is wrought. 1723 E. Stone tr. N. Bion Constr. & Principal Uses Math. Instruments iv. vi. 114 Then they must be rubbed over with Pumice-Stone and Water, to take away the Tracts of the File. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 184 The fire was mixed with prodigious quantities of brimstone, sand, pumice-stone, and ashes. 1831 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1 64 Alum was procured from some of these springs, and the lee shore of the lake was strewed with immense quantities of pumice-stone. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 221/2 The body now receives a staining coat, after which it is well rubbed down with pumice-stone. 1924 A. J. Allmand & H. J. T. Ellingham Princ. Appl. Electrochem. (ed. 2) xx. 460 The gases are purified by washing with water, and passing through a tube containing palladium pumice-stone at a dull red heat. 1978 Tarzan Monthly No. 3. 23/2 A lava of this low viscosity is more likely to solidify into pumice stone. 2006 Daily News Los Angeles (Nexis) 11 July AV1 The material was pumice stone, used in washing denim. 3. figurative. Something resembling a stone made from pumice, esp. in its distinctive properties; = pumice n. 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun] > typically dry thing pumice stone1583 chipa1691 1583 R. Greene Mamillia Sig. A3 Their books, neither worth the reading nor hearing: and yet..all so perfectly polished with the pumice stone of eloquence. 1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. (title page) Being a right pumice stone, apt to race out idlenesse with delight, and follie with admonition. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1959) IV. 339 To weep for other things, and not to weep for sin..this is a spunge dried up into a Pumice stone..(as the Pumice is) dried in the Ætnaes of lust, of ambition. 1648 J. Owen Death of Death iv. iii. 215 Is not this rather a Pumice stone, than a breast of consolation? 1900 Living Age 21 July 148/2 She employs the astute Abbé Guitrel, an aboriginal of purest French blood, from whom she hopes to derive the benefits of a pumice-stone ‘to remove the stains of Germany and Asia’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1425
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