单词 | three-shire |
释义 | > as lemmasthree-shire shire-stone n. a stone serving as a boundary-mark of a shire (also in three-shire, four-shire-stone). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > land-boundary > boundary mark > stone hoar-stone847 honeeOE merestoneOE markstoneOE march stone1519 shire-stone1536 dool-stone1580 bound-stone1602 witter stone1615 metestone1617 bounder-stone1635 bourne-stone1837 1536 in J. Anderson Cal. Laing Charters (1899) 108 Fra the said croce lineallie east..to the schearstane; fra the scheirsteane lineallie eist [etc.]. 1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire Map sig. B4v Four shire stone..three shire stones. 1751 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer at Morton in Marsh About one m. from hence, are the 4 shire-stones. 1825 Gentleman's Mag. June 516 Upon Wreynose Hill are placed the Shire-stones. < as lemmas |
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