sandstonen.

/ˈsandstəʊn/

Etymology: < sand n.² + stone n.

A rock composed of consolidated sand. Old and New Red Sandstone: two series of British rocks lying respectively below and above the carboniferous.

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1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 241 Saxum Arenarium, Sand~stone.

1768 A. Catcott Treat. Deluge (ed. 2) iii. 249 A red Sand-stone.

1820 Q. Jrnl. Sci. & Arts Apr. xvii. 45 Old red sandstone.

1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 263 Fair Island, said to be composed of sandstone with high perpendicular cliffs.

1842 H. Miller Old Red Sandstone (ed. 2) xi. 235 We enter on a district of New Red Sandstone.

1855 H. W. Longfellow Hiawatha iv. 62 There the ancient Arrow-maker Made his arrow-heads of sandstone.

1855 J. Phillips Man. Geol. 65 Sandstones are essentially littoral and shallow sea formations.

1879 A. J. C. Hare Life & Lett. Baroness Bunsen II. viii. 437 Low round-headed arches of red sandstone.

attributive.1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 358 Sandstone Porphyry.1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 287 A sandstone quarry.1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 127 Sandstone-schist.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	sandstone
释义	sandstonen. /ˈsandstəʊn/ Etymology: < sand n.² + stone n. A rock composed of consolidated sand. Old and New Red Sandstone: two series of British rocks lying respectively below and above the carboniferous. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > sandstone sandstone1668 rock1852 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 241 Saxum Arenarium, Sand~stone. 1768 A. Catcott Treat. Deluge (ed. 2) iii. 249 A red Sand-stone. 1820 Q. Jrnl. Sci. & Arts Apr. xvii. 45 Old red sandstone. 1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 263 Fair Island, said to be composed of sandstone with high perpendicular cliffs. 1842 H. Miller Old Red Sandstone (ed. 2) xi. 235 We enter on a district of New Red Sandstone. 1855 H. W. Longfellow Hiawatha iv. 62 There the ancient Arrow-maker Made his arrow-heads of sandstone. 1855 J. Phillips Man. Geol. 65 Sandstones are essentially littoral and shallow sea formations. 1879 A. J. C. Hare Life & Lett. Baroness Bunsen II. viii. 437 Low round-headed arches of red sandstone. attributive.1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 358 Sandstone Porphyry.1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 287 A sandstone quarry.1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 127 Sandstone-schist. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1668
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