† boothern.
/ˈbuːðə/ Chiefly English regional (midlands). Obsolete.
= boulder n.1
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stonerockeOE
rochec1300
rocka1413
calionc1459
outlier1610
boother1680
tumbler1789
boulder1815
lost stone1819
erratic blocka1828
erratic blocka1828
lost rock1831
gibber1834
tumbling stone1857
foundling-stone1892
1680–4 T. Dineley Hist. from Marble (1868) p. ccclix Leek Town. This Town wanting some stones, or (as vulgarly call'd in this county) boothers, to pave the street.
1826 Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania I. 285 Different kinds of stone by continual rolling and wearing have become smooth and round; and are called boothers.
1864 J. Ramsbottom Phases of Distress 66 For every cheer [= chair] a boother-stone.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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