whinstone

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A stone used to crush whin for use as winter feed for cattle. uncountable,usually
  2. Any hard dark-coloured rock. uncountable,usually
    — ‘A rough fellow, rather, Mrs. Dean. Is not that his character?‘ ‘Rough as a saw-edge, and hard as whinstone! The less you meddle with him the better.’

词形变化

whinstones plural

词源

Possibly corrupted from quern stone, i.e. stone suitable for making querns; or else, from whin + stone.
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