单词 | red stone |
释义 | red stonen.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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.eOE |
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