Purbeckn.

Brit.

/ˈpəːbɛk/, U.S.

/ˈpərˌbɛk/

Forms: late Middle English Purbrick, 1600s Purbecke, 1600s– Purbeck.

Origin: From proper names. Etymon: proper name Purbeck.

Etymology: < Purbeck (also called Isle of Purbeck), the name of a peninsula on the coast of Dorset, England, where the stone is quarried.

I. Compounds.

a. Purbeck stone n. a hard, semi-metamorphosed limestone obtained from Purbeck, used in building and paving; (also) a paving stone made of Purbeck stone.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > types of limestone for building

Purbeck stone1410

Tiburtine stonec1440

toph stonea1552

travertine1669

Purbeck1683

Purbeck marblea1697

Portland1711

tiber-stone1726

tophus-stone1830

Hopton wood1888

roach1911

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > stratigraphic units > [adjective] > secondary or Mesozoic > Jurassic > specific

Purbeck stone1410

Oxfordian1845

Portlandian1845

Callovian1851

Kimmeridgian1851

Bathonian1858

Sinemurian1863

Tithonian1869

Toarcian1885

Kellovian1888

Aalenian1896

Pliensbachian1952

1205 Rot. Litt. Pat. (1835) I. i. 53/2 Dedimus licenciam... S. Cicest Episcopo quod possit ducere marmor suum de Purbicc̃.]

1410 in J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices (1882) (modernized text) III. 401 New College. Purbrick stone.

1632 in G. R. Batho Househ. Papers H. Percy (1962) 125 Item Purbecke stone and Horsham stones unlaid.

1740 in C. R. Lounsbury Illustr. Gloss. Early Southern Archit. & Landscape (1994) 297 £84 payable to Capt Hooper for freight on a parcel of Purbeck Stones Capt Jolleif sent to pave the Church.

1852 E. Hitchcock Elem. Geol. (ed. 8) v. 165 In a bed of black mould, lying between the Portland stone beneath and the Purbeck stone above..there exist large prostrate trunks..of tropical trees.

1915 Science 26 Feb. 321/2 The specimen stands on a foundation of Purbeck stone.

2005 Country Living Apr. 82/1 Built of brown sandstone, with a roof of Purbeck stone..the church stands, sober and restrained.

b. Purbeck marble n. Purbeck stone, esp. in a polished form for ornamental use.

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > types of limestone for building

Purbeck stone1410

Tiburtine stonec1440

toph stonea1552

travertine1669

Purbeck1683

Purbeck marblea1697

Portland1711

tiber-stone1726

tophus-stone1830

Hopton wood1888

roach1911

a1697 J. Aubrey Nat. Hist. Surrey (1719) V. 206 At the East End..against the Wall, is an antique Cross-legg'd Monument of Purbeck Marble.

1845 J. Phillips & C. G. B. Daubeny Geol. in Encycl. Metrop. VI. 632/1 Columns, chimney-pieces, and other architectural uses for which the ‘Purbeck marble’ is celebrated.

1926 Times 6 Nov. 13/7 Those of the Purbeck marble shafts that have been cleaned show their old pleasant grey instead of a dingy and ragged black.

1991 Antiquaries Jrnl. 52 53 A conjectural reconstruction of a canopied high shrine of late thirteenth century type..was based on several fragments of Purbeck marble that had been discovered during a tidying up operation in the Cathedral in 1921.

2017 T. Peake North Facing iii. 39 A rather fine family tomb—Purbeck marble, if I'm remembering right.

c. Geology Purbeck beds n. the strata comprising the Purbeckian.

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1828 R. Bakewell Introd. Geol. (ed. 3) xii. 274 The Purbeck beds are by some geologists classed with the oolites.

1897 Science 22 Jan. 150/1 London..has placed the Wealden formation with its three groups—Purbeck beds, Hastings sand and Weald clay—into his Oolitic (Jurassic) system.

1960 L. D. Stamp Britain's Struct. & Scenery (ed. 5) xii. 135 This Southern Portlandian Gulf with its chemical deposition of calcium carbonate to form the grains of the oolite..seems then to have been cut off from the sea, and the succeeding Purbeck Beds consist of alternating estuarine and freshwater beds with marine intercalations.

2004 Paleogeogr., Paleoclimatol. & Paleoecol. 204 17/2 The Purbeck beds were deposited in a lagoonal or lacustrine environment similar to the Wessex Formation of the Wealden.

2. attributive. Designating items made from Purbeck stone or marble, or found in or associated with the Purbeck beds.

ΚΠ

1678 Proc. Gen. Assembly 9 Nov. in W. H. Browne Arch. Maryland (1889) VII. 40 Cap^t Quigleys peticion he pave the ffloore of the state howse with Purbeck Paving stone halfe thick.

a1703 R. Hooke Disc. Earthquakes in Posthumous Wks. (1705) 336 I observed several great lumps of the said Founderings lying below, some..were not yet hard enough to be accounted Stone; others..were as hard..as Purbeck Paving.

1787 Daily Universal Reg. 2 July 1/2 The Commissioners..will be ready to receive Tenders..for the paving of Part of their premises..with the best Six Inch Purbeck Squares.

1850 E. Forbes in Figures & Descr. Brit. Org. Remains (Mem. Geol. Surv. U.K.: Decades) III. Pl. v. 3 New forms of marine Purbeck mollusca.

1875 A. Cambridge Manor House & Other Poems 213 Great solemn windows, down a long, long nave Their shadow'd rainbows fling; Dark Purbeck shafts, with hoary capitals, In carven archways spring.

1949 A. E. Trueman Geol. & Scenery Eng. & Wales viii. 116 These beds are known as the Purbeck Limestones: they are tough and resistant, and have been widely used for building.

1997 C. Coombs in E. Midland Historian 7 27/2 The two existed side by side, as can be seen by the near contemporary Purbeck slab on the early fifteenth century tomb.

II. Simple uses.

3. = Purbeck stone n. at sense 1a.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > types of limestone for building

Purbeck stone1410

Tiburtine stonec1440

toph stonea1552

travertine1669

Purbeck1683

Purbeck marblea1697

Portland1711

tiber-stone1726

tophus-stone1830

Hopton wood1888

roach1911

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > stone as material for paving > a paving stone > others

pennant flag1756

fairy pavements1787

Purbeck1833

coffin-stone1845

Penistone flag1878

1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 68 The Press-Stone should be Marble, though sometimes Master-Printers make shift with Purbeck.

1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 82 The floor is paved with Purbeck.

1833 T. Hook Widow iv, in Love & Pride I. 84 Saville had been polishing the purbecks of Portland-place.

1973 Times 8 Mar. 8/5 Any of the limestones, such as Portland or Purbeck, are excellent.

4. The strata comprising the Purbeckian. Also in plural.

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1851 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1850 Notices & Abstr. 81 The Purbecks of the continent, just as here, differ from the superior beds almost entirely in their organic contents.

1897 Science 22 Jan. 149/2 Edward Forbes..recognized that the Purbeck was Jurassic and not Cretaceous.

1912 H. B. Woodward Geol. Soils & Substrata xxi. 276 In addition to marble, building and curb stone, some layers (in the Lower Purbeck) yield material for hearthstone and holystone.

2005 Sedimentary Geol. 177 210/2 The Calcaire des Oies is considered partly equivalent to the English type Purbeck..which extends from the uppermost Tithonian to the top of the Berriasian.

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

单词	purbeck
释义	Purbeckn. Brit. /ˈpəːbɛk/, U.S. /ˈpərˌbɛk/ Forms: late Middle English Purbrick, 1600s Purbecke, 1600s– Purbeck. Origin: From proper names. Etymon: proper name Purbeck. Etymology: < Purbeck (also called Isle of Purbeck), the name of a peninsula on the coast of Dorset, England, where the stone is quarried. I. Compounds. 1. a. Purbeck stone n. a hard, semi-metamorphosed limestone obtained from Purbeck, used in building and paving; (also) a paving stone made of Purbeck stone. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > types of limestone for building Purbeck stone1410 Tiburtine stonec1440 toph stonea1552 travertine1669 Purbeck1683 Purbeck marblea1697 Portland1711 tiber-stone1726 tophus-stone1830 Hopton wood1888 roach1911 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > stratigraphic units > [adjective] > secondary or Mesozoic > Jurassic > specific Purbeck stone1410 Oxfordian1845 Portlandian1845 Callovian1851 Kimmeridgian1851 Bathonian1858 Sinemurian1863 Tithonian1869 Toarcian1885 Kellovian1888 Aalenian1896 Pliensbachian1952 1205 Rot. Litt. Pat. (1835) I. i. 53/2 Dedimus licenciam... S. Cicest Episcopo quod possit ducere marmor suum de Purbicc̃.] 1410 in J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices (1882) (modernized text) III. 401 New College. Purbrick stone. 1632 in G. R. Batho Househ. Papers H. Percy (1962) 125 Item Purbecke stone and Horsham stones unlaid. 1740 in C. R. Lounsbury Illustr. Gloss. Early Southern Archit. & Landscape (1994) 297 £84 payable to Capt Hooper for freight on a parcel of Purbeck Stones Capt Jolleif sent to pave the Church. 1852 E. Hitchcock Elem. Geol. (ed. 8) v. 165 In a bed of black mould, lying between the Portland stone beneath and the Purbeck stone above..there exist large prostrate trunks..of tropical trees. 1915 Science 26 Feb. 321/2 The specimen stands on a foundation of Purbeck stone. 2005 Country Living Apr. 82/1 Built of brown sandstone, with a roof of Purbeck stone..the church stands, sober and restrained. b. Purbeck marble n. Purbeck stone, esp. in a polished form for ornamental use. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > types of limestone for building Purbeck stone1410 Tiburtine stonec1440 toph stonea1552 travertine1669 Purbeck1683 Purbeck marblea1697 Portland1711 tiber-stone1726 tophus-stone1830 Hopton wood1888 roach1911 a1697 J. Aubrey Nat. Hist. Surrey (1719) V. 206 At the East End..against the Wall, is an antique Cross-legg'd Monument of Purbeck Marble. 1845 J. Phillips & C. G. B. Daubeny Geol. in Encycl. Metrop. VI. 632/1 Columns, chimney-pieces, and other architectural uses for which the ‘Purbeck marble’ is celebrated. 1926 Times 6 Nov. 13/7 Those of the Purbeck marble shafts that have been cleaned show their old pleasant grey instead of a dingy and ragged black. 1991 Antiquaries Jrnl. 52 53 A conjectural reconstruction of a canopied high shrine of late thirteenth century type..was based on several fragments of Purbeck marble that had been discovered during a tidying up operation in the Cathedral in 1921. 2017 T. Peake North Facing iii. 39 A rather fine family tomb—Purbeck marble, if I'm remembering right. c. Geology Purbeck beds n. the strata comprising the Purbeckian. ΚΠ 1828 R. Bakewell Introd. Geol. (ed. 3) xii. 274 The Purbeck beds are by some geologists classed with the oolites. 1897 Science 22 Jan. 150/1 London..has placed the Wealden formation with its three groups—Purbeck beds, Hastings sand and Weald clay—into his Oolitic (Jurassic) system. 1960 L. D. Stamp Britain's Struct. & Scenery (ed. 5) xii. 135 This Southern Portlandian Gulf with its chemical deposition of calcium carbonate to form the grains of the oolite..seems then to have been cut off from the sea, and the succeeding Purbeck Beds consist of alternating estuarine and freshwater beds with marine intercalations. 2004 Paleogeogr., Paleoclimatol. & Paleoecol. 204 17/2 The Purbeck beds were deposited in a lagoonal or lacustrine environment similar to the Wessex Formation of the Wealden. 2. attributive. Designating items made from Purbeck stone or marble, or found in or associated with the Purbeck beds. ΚΠ 1678 Proc. Gen. Assembly 9 Nov. in W. H. Browne Arch. Maryland (1889) VII. 40 Cap^t Quigleys peticion he pave the ffloore of the state howse with Purbeck Paving stone halfe thick. a1703 R. Hooke Disc. Earthquakes in Posthumous Wks. (1705) 336 I observed several great lumps of the said Founderings lying below, some..were not yet hard enough to be accounted Stone; others..were as hard..as Purbeck Paving. 1787 Daily Universal Reg. 2 July 1/2 The Commissioners..will be ready to receive Tenders..for the paving of Part of their premises..with the best Six Inch Purbeck Squares. 1850 E. Forbes in Figures & Descr. Brit. Org. Remains (Mem. Geol. Surv. U.K.: Decades) III. Pl. v. 3 New forms of marine Purbeck mollusca. 1875 A. Cambridge Manor House & Other Poems 213 Great solemn windows, down a long, long nave Their shadow'd rainbows fling; Dark Purbeck shafts, with hoary capitals, In carven archways spring. 1949 A. E. Trueman Geol. & Scenery Eng. & Wales viii. 116 These beds are known as the Purbeck Limestones: they are tough and resistant, and have been widely used for building. 1997 C. Coombs in E. Midland Historian 7 27/2 The two existed side by side, as can be seen by the near contemporary Purbeck slab on the early fifteenth century tomb. II. Simple uses. 3. = Purbeck stone n. at sense 1a. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > types of limestone for building Purbeck stone1410 Tiburtine stonec1440 toph stonea1552 travertine1669 Purbeck1683 Purbeck marblea1697 Portland1711 tiber-stone1726 tophus-stone1830 Hopton wood1888 roach1911 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > stone as material for paving > a paving stone > others pennant flag1756 fairy pavements1787 Purbeck1833 coffin-stone1845 Penistone flag1878 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 68 The Press-Stone should be Marble, though sometimes Master-Printers make shift with Purbeck. 1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 82 The floor is paved with Purbeck. 1833 T. Hook Widow iv, in Love & Pride I. 84 Saville had been polishing the purbecks of Portland-place. 1973 Times 8 Mar. 8/5 Any of the limestones, such as Portland or Purbeck, are excellent. 4. The strata comprising the Purbeckian. Also in plural. ΚΠ 1851 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1850 Notices & Abstr. 81 The Purbecks of the continent, just as here, differ from the superior beds almost entirely in their organic contents. 1897 Science 22 Jan. 149/2 Edward Forbes..recognized that the Purbeck was Jurassic and not Cretaceous. 1912 H. B. Woodward Geol. Soils & Substrata xxi. 276 In addition to marble, building and curb stone, some layers (in the Lower Purbeck) yield material for hearthstone and holystone. 2005 Sedimentary Geol. 177 210/2 The Calcaire des Oies is considered partly equivalent to the English type Purbeck..which extends from the uppermost Tithonian to the top of the Berriasian. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1410
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