英语词汇“hearthstone”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

hearthstone

释义

▪ I. hearthstone, n.|ˈhɑːθstəʊn|
1. The flat stone forming the hearth; a variety of stone used for this purpose. Also put symbolically for the fireside or home.
c1325Gloss. W. de Biblesw. in Wright Voc. 170 Hastre, the hert-ston.c1475Pict. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 779/9 Hoc focarium, a hartstone.a1491J. Ross Hist. Reg. Angl. (1716) 130 Locum antiquæ prophetiæ..The hare shall kendyll on the harthstone.1634–5Brereton Trav. (Chetham Soc.) 22 Adorned with such stones a yard and dim. high, as are our best hearthstones in England.1725Ramsay Gent. Sheph. i. ii. Song 5, A bleezing ingle and a clean hearth-stane.1821Byron Juan iii. cvii, Whate'er of peace about our hearth⁓stone clings.1847Emerson Poems, Good-Bye 15, I am going to my own hearth-stone.
2. A soft kind of stone used to whiten hearths, door-steps, etc.; a composition of powdered stone and pipeclay used for this purpose.
1851Mayhew Lond. Labour I. 27/1 The hearthstone⁓barrow, piled up with hearth-stone, Bath-brick, and lumps of whiting.1896Daily News 9 Sept. 7 Those who mined for what London housekeepers know as ‘hearthstone’.
3. Comb., as hearthstone-maker, hearthstone-seller, hearthstone-woman.
1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Hearth-stone Maker.
▪ II. ˈhearthstone, v.
[f. prec. n.]
trans. To whiten with hearthstone. Also absol.
1840P. Parley's Ann. I. 151 Mosette..with her wet feet left many black marks in the hearth-stoned kitchen.1887M. E. Braddon Like & Unlike III. xiv. 255 He..washed and hearth-stoned steps and window sills.

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