Rowley ragn.

Brit.

/ˌraʊlɪ ˈraɡ/, U.S.

/ˌraʊli ˈræɡ/

Origin: From proper names, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Rowley , rag n.¹

Etymology: < the names of Rowley Regis, a town near Birmingham, England and Rowley Hill, the hill on which the town is located, and from which the stone was quarried + rag n.¹

Geology.

A hard, dark-coloured, fine-grained basaltic rock from Rowley Hill near Birmingham, England, formerly used for paving and in building work.

ΚΠ

1783 Philos. Trans. 1782 (Royal Soc.) 72 327 The Rowley-rag apears, by its texture before and after fusion,..to be the same thing with the basaltes..from Scotland.

1786 J. Priestley Exper. & Obs. Nat. Philos. III. vii. 219 The neighbourhood of Birmingham abounds with a stone which, from its being chiefly got from a village called Rowley, near Dudley, is commonly called Rowley-rag.

1863 W. Howitt Hist. Supernatural II. xxiii. 488 He knew a stonemason who had found a toad in what is called Rowley-rag, a hard stone with which Birmingham streets are paved.

c1894 in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 169/1 Theer's no stoon moor dangerous for paivin' nor rowley-rag.

1990 F. G. Dimes in J. Ashurst & F. F. Dimes Conservation of Building & Decorative Stone (1998) I. iii. 59/2 An interestingly curious process used Rowley Rag, a dolerite rock capping Rowley Hill... The stone was melted and then cast in moulds to produce steps, windowheads, slabs for tables [etc.].

1994 S. Stewart Ramlin Rose xiii. 126 Tons of stone we carried for road makin, from Artshul (Hartshill) 'gen Nuneaton, and the Rowley Rags from agen Rowley Regis.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rowley rag
释义	Rowley ragn. Brit. /ˌraʊlɪ ˈraɡ/, U.S. /ˌraʊli ˈræɡ/ Origin: From proper names, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Rowley , rag n.¹ Etymology: < the names of Rowley Regis, a town near Birmingham, England and Rowley Hill, the hill on which the town is located, and from which the stone was quarried + rag n.¹ Geology. A hard, dark-coloured, fine-grained basaltic rock from Rowley Hill near Birmingham, England, formerly used for paving and in building work. ΚΠ 1783 Philos. Trans. 1782 (Royal Soc.) 72 327 The Rowley-rag apears, by its texture before and after fusion,..to be the same thing with the basaltes..from Scotland. 1786 J. Priestley Exper. & Obs. Nat. Philos. III. vii. 219 The neighbourhood of Birmingham abounds with a stone which, from its being chiefly got from a village called Rowley, near Dudley, is commonly called Rowley-rag. 1863 W. Howitt Hist. Supernatural II. xxiii. 488 He knew a stonemason who had found a toad in what is called Rowley-rag, a hard stone with which Birmingham streets are paved. c1894 in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 169/1 Theer's no stoon moor dangerous for paivin' nor rowley-rag. 1990 F. G. Dimes in J. Ashurst & F. F. Dimes Conservation of Building & Decorative Stone (1998) I. iii. 59/2 An interestingly curious process used Rowley Rag, a dolerite rock capping Rowley Hill... The stone was melted and then cast in moulds to produce steps, windowheads, slabs for tables [etc.]. 1994 S. Stewart Ramlin Rose xiii. 126 Tons of stone we carried for road makin, from Artshul (Hartshill) 'gen Nuneaton, and the Rowley Rags from agen Rowley Regis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1783
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