单词 | warming-stone |
释义 | > as lemmaswarming-stone warming-stone n. (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > [noun] > others tarso1662 warming-stone1668 blue cap1686 forest-stone1789 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 243 Lapis Schistos..the Warming stone. 1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 253 If Mault-kills or Oasts made with ordinary stone prove so advantagious, what would one of them do, if the Joists and Laths at least were made of the Cornish warming-stone, that will hold heat well eight or ten hours. 1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 69 To these useful Stones I might add the Warming-stone, digged in Cornwal, which being once well heated at the fire retains its warmth a great while, and hath been found to give ease and relief in several Pains and Diseases, particularly that of the internal Hæmorrhoids. < as lemmas |
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