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单词 whinstone
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Made of Scottish whinstone, the lecterns were commissioned by the Guardians of Scotland Trust, set up in 2011 to mark the equal contribution made by Wallace and de Moray in the Wars of Scottish Independence. 'Guardians of Scotland' honoured at Stirling Bridge - BBC News 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z
The best is dark-coloured whinstone, because it absorbs very little moisture, or in Scotland Caithness pavement 4 in. thick. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z
In course of years the rough block was superseded by a symmetrical object usually made of whinstone or granite, beautifully rounded, brilliantly polished, and supplied with a convenient handle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z
Longstone, upon which Grace dwelt was, says another visitor, of dark whinstone, cracked in every direction and worn with the action of winds, waves and tempests, since the world began. Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages 2011-05-04T02:00:19.257Z
He little thought that in the capital of this island of “rock” a cargo of whinstones would be very acceptable, and find ready sale. History of Prince Edward Island 2011-04-16T02:00:17.027Z
All the other roads are covered with macadam made out of black whinstone that is as hard as iron. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders
It is of whinstone, and "appears not to have had the chisel, or any inscription upon it." Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1
Many of these hills are covered with a hard, tough, useless sort of whinstone, which adds considerably to the expense of building on them. Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China.
That which has been cut away in making the trench, is a seam of clay slate about three feet six inches in breadth, between two solid whinstone rocks. Notes and Queries, Number 208, October 22, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc
It was like the rest of these desolate isles, all of dark whinstone, cracked in every direction, and worn with the action of winds, waves, and tempests, since the world began. Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands
It was, like the rest of these desolate isles, all of dark whinstone, cracked in every direction, and worn with the action of winds, waves, and tempests since the world began. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships
There is no lack of sandstone, slate and whinstone. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
They all had their book-bags, pockets, and arms filled with stones lately broken for mending the turnpike road, mostly granite, but partly whinstone and flint. Alec Forbes of Howglen
The rock is of trap, greenstone, or whinstone, which miners call iron-stone and Cornishmen 'blue elvan:' this diorite, composed of felspar and the hardest hornblende, contains granular iron and pyrites like silver. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative
Then I took down my father's sword from its deer-horn brackets over the chimney-piece, and set myself to fine its edge and point with a bit of Scotch whinstone. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady
The boy's shepherd life carried him to the bleak upland, still famous as a sheepwalk, though a scant herbage scarce veils the whinstone rock. History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216
It consisted of an elevated tableland composed of ironstone and granite occasionally traversed by veins of whinstone. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1
We crossed much good whinstone land, and arrived at a small ridge where I ascended a hill consisting of a reddish granite or porphyry. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1
In like manner granite is a composition which graduates into porphyry; but porphyry is only whinstone of a harder species. Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4)
The formation is whinstone, but the soil's fertile quality shows an absence of sandstone. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea.
The Castle, which stands on a lofty whinstone rock at the south-east corner of the island, is a conspicuous object for many miles, whether viewed by land or sea. Northumberland Yesterday and To-day
The roads were excellent, and made upon the MacAdam principle, whinstone having been brought for the purpose from the distance of several miles. The Voyage of the Beagle
You see I know too much, and I haven't your whinstone nerve and total lack of imagination.' Prester John
The second, again, are the whinstone or basaltic hills scattered up and down the low country, and evidently posterior to the strata of that country, which they break, elevate, and displace. Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4)
If these parts of the composition be less distinct, or if only two of them be visible to the eye, it is termed porphyry, trap, whinstone, moorstone, slate. The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation
The house has a dark look, being built of the native whinstone, or grau-wacke, as the Germans call it, relieved by the quoins and projections of the windows and turrets in freestone. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 2 Great Britain and Ireland, Part 2
In a short time we arrived at a pretty large river called Boki, which we forded: it ran smooth and clear, over a bed of whinstone. Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa
The rocks were of a very hard whinstone, the stratum nearly perpendicular, or rather standing up in regular basaltic figures, similar to those on Loadstone Hill. Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales
I have a specimen of steatetical whinstone or basaltes from some part of Cumberland, in which is contained many nodules of the most perfect and beautiful plumbago. Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4)
Farther on, the ridge enlarged and formed small hillocks, with bare rock cropping out at their tops;--a form of surface peculiar to the basaltic or whinstone country of this colony. Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845
It had once been what I believe is called a Lovat mixture, but was now a nondescript sub-fusc, with bright patches of colour like moss on whinstone. Huntingtower
Of course, if you simply put the whinstones into a kettle and boiled them, you would not get much out of them by such rough cookery as that.  Madam How and Lady Why
The stones and rocks were generally hard whinstone, or freestone, the former in large masses; the beach, of pebbles of all colours and kinds, from quartz to sandstone. Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales
In examining the great diversity of our whinstone, trap, or basaltes, it is found at last to granulate into granite; at the same time those two different species of rock-stone may be distinguished. Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4)
Dig trenches, unpave the streets, ye others, assiduous, man and maid; cram the earth in barrel-barricades, at each of them a volunteer sentry; pile the whinstones in window-sills and upper rooms. The French Revolution
Granite, coarse porphyry, freestone, and whinstone were frequently found on the same hill, and the beds of the streams were of every variety of pebble. Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales
Think what these black bare lumps of whinstone are, and what they do.  Madam How and Lady Why
The base of these hills was of close-grained white-coloured granite, or whinstone: the summits of good freestone: on the sides several good pieces of iron ore were picked up. Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales
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