“stinkstone”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

stinkstone

释义

ˈstinkstone Min.
[f. stink n. + stone n. After G. stinkstein, which is sometimes used in Eng.]
A name given to various limestones which give out a fetid odour on being scratched or struck.
1804R. Jameson Min. I. 521 Stink Stone... Colour is wood brown.1823W. Phillips Introd. Min. (ed. 3) 156 Swinestone, or Stinkstone,..gives out a strong fetid odour when scraped. [1856Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. xii. 141 Others, when rubbed..emit a highly fetid odour, and are well known as ‘stinksteins’ and ‘swinestones’.]1859Bartlett Dict. Amer. (ed. 2) 451 Stinkstone, swinestone, a variety of carbonate of lime, which emits a fetid odor on being struck.

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