whinstone | (n) any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt), Syn. whin |
winston-salem | (n) a city of north central North Carolina |
Whinstone | n. [ Whin + stone; cf. Scot. quhynstane. ] A provincial name given in England to basaltic rocks, and applied by miners to other kind of dark-colored unstratified rocks which resist the point of the pick. -- for example, to masses of chert. Whin-dikes, and whin-sills, are names sometimes given to veins or beds of basalt. [ 1913 Webster ] |
winston | Besides being a great statesman, Sir Winston Churchill was a great writer. |
winston |
winston-salem | (n) a city of north central North Carolina |
温斯顿 | [温 斯 顿 / 溫 斯 頓] Winston (name) #115,435 [Add to Longdo] |