top stonen.

Brit.

/ˈtɒp stəʊn/, U.S.

/ˈtɑp ˌstoʊn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: top n.¹, stone n.

Etymology: < top n.¹ + stone n.

a. A stone placed at the top of, or forming the top part of, a building, monument, or other structure; (sometimes) spec. a capstone on a wall.

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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > disposition of stones or bricks > [noun] > specific stone or brick

hirne-stonec1000

parpen1252

coin1350

coin-stone1350

angler1365

parpal1369

corner-stonea1382

cunye1387

tuss1412

quoin1532

table stone1554

quoining1562

copestone1567

ground-stone1567

lock bandc1582

quinyie1588

perpender1611

whelmer1618

parpen stone1633

capstone1665

headera1684

through1683

quoin-stone1688

stretcher1693

closer1700

bed-stone1723

coping-brick1725

girder1726

footstone1728

heading brick1731

bossage1736

lewis-hole1740

shoulder1744

headstone1745

pawl1753

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coping-stone1778

slocking-stone1778

throughband1794

through-stone1797

stretching-bond1805

core1823

keystone1823

tail-binder1828

stretching-stone1833

header brick1841

coign1843

pawl-stone1844

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bonder1845

pillar-stone1854

bond-piece1862

stretcher-brick1867

toothing-stone1875

bond-stone1879

pierpoint1891

jumper1904

tush1905

padstone1944

1595 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Var. Coll. (1904) III. Introd. p. xxxviii, in Parl. Papers (Cd. 1964) XLIII. 559 The free mazons finishinge..four of the topstones for the piramidesses.

1642 T. Goodwin Zervbbabels Encouragement 7 This Hieroglyphique contains this word and mind of God in it, that maugre all opposition, Zerubbabel should bring forth the head or top stone that should finish the Temple.

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) I. 3 Where are abundance of flat Stones, they make Fences of them by laying of them one upon another like a Wall, and only lay the Top-stones in Clay to keep them together, the weight of which secures the under ones.

a1817 T. Dwight Trav. New-Eng. & N.-Y. (1821) II. 519 The top-stone resembles the figure of a scroll pediment.

1934 F. G. Brabant Berkshire (ed. 4) 225 The top stone of the cromlech is ‘Wayland Smith's counter’, on which the money had to be placed.

1960 Recorded Interview (Brit. Libr. Sound Archive) Survey Eng. Dial.: C908 (MS transcript) Track 6 You finish off with your top-stones.

2010 D. Blockley Bridges ii. 43 At the very top there is no force so the thrust line effectively starts through the thickness of the top stone.

b. figurative and in figurative contexts. The pre-eminent, most important, or most notable aspect or example of something. Cf. keystone n.¹ 1b, 1c.Common from the 17th to the 19th centuries.

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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > pre-eminence > [noun] > chief of its or his kind

sunOE

lordOE

princec1225

primatec1384

princessc1390

giant1535

queen1554

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Prester John1598

arch1605

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principate1651

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Shakespeare1821

king1829

prius1882

aristocrat1883

Sun King1971

1643 J. White 1st Cent. Scandalous Priests Ep. to Rdr. sig. A4 God will in his own way and time perfect his said worke of a through Reformation, and bring forth and lay the head and top-stone thereof.

1662 Bp. J. Taylor Serm. to Univ. Dublin 51 Humane learning is an excellent Foundation; but the top-stone is laid by Love and Conformity to the will of God.

1745 Eng. Protestant's Answer 26 Now let us view the Top-Stone of his last treasonable Castle in the Air.

1871 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. Sept. 513 Religion, that indispensable top-stone of every social edifice.

1937 Bath Weekly Chron. & Herald 23 Jan. 21/4 Adam, the top stone of God's creation.

†2. The upper jewel in a mechanical chronometer. Obsolete. rare.

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1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. ix. 174 The jewelling [in the balance of a marine chronometer] consists mostly of two stones, the one, commonly sapphire or ruby... The other, which is called the ‘top-stone’ or ‘end-stone’, is generally a ruby, in the form of a plano-convex lens,..the flat side of this touches the end of the pivot.

3. The upper, movable stone of a mill or quern (also called the runner or grinder).Cf. grinder n. 2, runner n.¹ 11a.

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1846 A. V. Newton Brit. Patent 11,084 (1854) 2 Fig. 1... A, is the fixed or bed stone, and B, the top stone or runner.

1904 G. E. Davis Handbk. Chem. Engin. (ed. 2) I. viii. 479 The lower or ‘nether’ stone is fixed and is dressed flat to receive the furrows, while the top stone, as it is called, is hollowed out round the centre so as to allow the material to penetrate between the stones more easily.

2021 J. Kenney Welsh Landscape through Time vii. 180/1 One of the stones used to backfill pit 81041..was a fragment of a small rotary quern topstone.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).

单词	top stone
释义	top stonen. Brit. /ˈtɒp stəʊn/, U.S. /ˈtɑp ˌstoʊn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: top n.¹, stone n. Etymology: < top n.¹ + stone n. 1. a. A stone placed at the top of, or forming the top part of, a building, monument, or other structure; (sometimes) spec. a capstone on a wall. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > disposition of stones or bricks > [noun] > specific stone or brick hirne-stonec1000 parpen1252 coin1350 coin-stone1350 angler1365 parpal1369 corner-stonea1382 cunye1387 tuss1412 quoin1532 table stone1554 quoining1562 copestone1567 ground-stone1567 lock bandc1582 quinyie1588 perpender1611 whelmer1618 parpen stone1633 capstone1665 headera1684 through1683 quoin-stone1688 stretcher1693 closer1700 bed-stone1723 coping-brick1725 girder1726 footstone1728 heading brick1731 bossage1736 lewis-hole1740 shoulder1744 headstone1745 pawl1753 tail-bond1776 coping-stone1778 slocking-stone1778 throughband1794 through-stone1797 stretching-bond1805 core1823 keystone1823 tail-binder1828 stretching-stone1833 header brick1841 coign1843 pawl-stone1844 bay-stone1845 bonder1845 pillar-stone1854 bond-piece1862 stretcher-brick1867 toothing-stone1875 bond-stone1879 pierpoint1891 jumper1904 tush1905 padstone1944 1595 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Var. Coll. (1904) III. Introd. p. xxxviii, in Parl. Papers (Cd. 1964) XLIII. 559 The free mazons finishinge..four of the topstones for the piramidesses. 1642 T. Goodwin Zervbbabels Encouragement 7 This Hieroglyphique contains this word and mind of God in it, that maugre all opposition, Zerubbabel should bring forth the head or top stone that should finish the Temple. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) I. 3 Where are abundance of flat Stones, they make Fences of them by laying of them one upon another like a Wall, and only lay the Top-stones in Clay to keep them together, the weight of which secures the under ones. a1817 T. Dwight Trav. New-Eng. & N.-Y. (1821) II. 519 The top-stone resembles the figure of a scroll pediment. 1934 F. G. Brabant Berkshire (ed. 4) 225 The top stone of the cromlech is ‘Wayland Smith's counter’, on which the money had to be placed. 1960 Recorded Interview (Brit. Libr. Sound Archive) Survey Eng. Dial.: C908 (MS transcript) Track 6 You finish off with your top-stones. 2010 D. Blockley Bridges ii. 43 At the very top there is no force so the thrust line effectively starts through the thickness of the top stone. b. figurative and in figurative contexts. The pre-eminent, most important, or most notable aspect or example of something. Cf. keystone n.¹ 1b, 1c.Common from the 17th to the 19th centuries. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > pre-eminence > [noun] > chief of its or his kind sunOE lordOE princec1225 primatec1384 princessc1390 giant1535 queen1554 first gentleman1584 Prester John1598 arch1605 gigant1610 principate1651 top-stone1659 first lady1677 Shakespeare1821 king1829 prius1882 aristocrat1883 Sun King1971 1643 J. White 1st Cent. Scandalous Priests Ep. to Rdr. sig. A4 God will in his own way and time perfect his said worke of a through Reformation, and bring forth and lay the head and top-stone thereof. 1662 Bp. J. Taylor Serm. to Univ. Dublin 51 Humane learning is an excellent Foundation; but the top-stone is laid by Love and Conformity to the will of God. 1745 Eng. Protestant's Answer 26 Now let us view the Top-Stone of his last treasonable Castle in the Air. 1871 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. Sept. 513 Religion, that indispensable top-stone of every social edifice. 1937 Bath Weekly Chron. & Herald 23 Jan. 21/4 Adam, the top stone of God's creation. †2. The upper jewel in a mechanical chronometer. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1843 C. Holtzapffel Turning & Mech. Manip. I. ix. 174 The jewelling [in the balance of a marine chronometer] consists mostly of two stones, the one, commonly sapphire or ruby... The other, which is called the ‘top-stone’ or ‘end-stone’, is generally a ruby, in the form of a plano-convex lens,..the flat side of this touches the end of the pivot. 3. The upper, movable stone of a mill or quern (also called the runner or grinder).Cf. grinder n. 2, runner n.¹ 11a. ΚΠ 1846 A. V. Newton Brit. Patent 11,084 (1854) 2 Fig. 1... A, is the fixed or bed stone, and B, the top stone or runner. 1904 G. E. Davis Handbk. Chem. Engin. (ed. 2) I. viii. 479 The lower or ‘nether’ stone is fixed and is dressed flat to receive the furrows, while the top stone, as it is called, is hollowed out round the centre so as to allow the material to penetrate between the stones more easily. 2021 J. Kenney Welsh Landscape through Time vii. 180/1 One of the stones used to backfill pit 81041..was a fragment of a small rotary quern topstone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022). < n.1595
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