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单词 red stone
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red stonen.

Brit. /ˈrɛd ˌstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈrɛd ˌstoʊn/
Forms: see red adj. and n. and stone n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., stone n.
Etymology: < red adj. + stone n. Compare Middle Dutch rootsteen red-coloured brick (Dutch roodsteen red-coloured brick, also (after Middle Low German or German) red ochre), Middle Low German rōtstēn red ochre, also a pigment extracted from this, Old High German rōtstein red ochre (glossing classical Latin sinōpis sinopis n. (compare quot. eOE at sense 1); German Rotstein kind of red pigment).
1. Red ochre, ruddle. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > red colouring matter > [noun] > earths as colouring matter
red stoneeOE
red eartheOE
redding1292
raddlea1350
ruddle1353
rubric?1440
red ochre1481
sinoper1501
red1538
red chalk1538
sinople1548
terra sigillata1563
almagre1598
majolica1598
minium1613
orell1614
reddle1648
India red1668
Indian red1672
riddle1681
smit1728
Persian earth1735
red marl1748
abraum1753
Terra Sienna1760
tivera1825
kokowai1836
sinopia1844
sinopis1857
eOE Corpus Gloss. (1890) 108/2 Sinopede, redestan.
1545 J. Johnson Let. in B. Winchester Tudor Family Portrait (1955) 178 If ye mark the end wool with three pitch brands, the best of the clift with two pitchbrands, and the worst with one pitch brand, besides marks and numbers with red stone, it shall be no hurt.
2. Alchemy. The red form of the philosopher's stone. Now historical.
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the world > matter > alchemy > other alchemical substances or theories > [noun] > others
nurslinga1500
red stonea1500
ruby stonea1500
white womana1500
firmament1612
nitre1682
a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) 2640 Albertus magnus..Hadde not of oure red stone consideracione, Him to encrece in multiplicacione.
a1550 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (Sloane 1873) (1975) 2597 (MED) The rede stone..is levire to me Then all were Golde that I wolde so to be.
1624 E. Orandus tr. N. Flammel Expos. Hieroglyphicall Figures St. Innocent's Church-yard 29 I made proiection of the Red stone vpon the like quantity of Mercurie, in the presence likewise of Perrenelle onely..; which I transmuted truely into almost as much pure Gold.
1988 Yearbk. Eng. Stud. 18 139 The doves and eagle..are also alchemical symbols for the white stone and the red stone (or gold) respectively, here suggesting that fire is burning off whiteness in the pursuit of perfection.
3. Now usually in form redstone. Any of various rocks of a red colour, esp. a sandstone or other reddish sedimentary rock suitable for use as a building stone.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > sandstone > others
firestone1399
hassock1461
red stone1602
penistone1688
bluestone1709
gingerbread1714
brownstone1780
molasse1794
Old Red Sandstone1805
chip sand1808
fox-bench1816
New Red Sandstone1818
grey band1824
arkose1839
cankstone1845
St. Bees Sandstone1865
pietra serena1873
Ham Hill stone1889
1602 A. Munday tr. 3rd Pt. Palmerin of Eng. lxxx. f. 252 In the midst of the water stoode a Collomne of red stone, and vppon it a figure of meruailous blacke Marble.
1712 J. Morton Nat. Hist. Northants. 41 The common Kealy, or Red-stone Land.
1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 328 Redstone of Rawenstein—Its colour, by reflected light, is rose red.
1848 J. H. Parker Rickman's Styles Archit. Eng. (ed. 5) App. p. xvii The walls being mostly built with rough red-stone rag.
1947 J. C. Rich Materials & Methods Sculpt. viii. 222 Many kinds [of sandstones] receive their names from their colors, i.e. bluestone, brownstone, and redstone.
1976 Burnham-on-Sea Gaz. 20 Apr. (advt.) An attractive redstone detached cottage conveniently close to the town centre.
1999 Washington Post (Nexis) 10 Nov. c9 Nearby sandstone quarries, which supplied the red stone for the Smithsonian castle and many buildings in post-Civil War Washington.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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