- sarsen
- \ \ see SARACEN
Word origins - 2ed. J. Ayto. 2005.
sarsen
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Sarsen — stones are stone blocks found in quantity on Salisbury Plain, the Marlborough Downs, in Kent, and in smaller quantities in Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Dorset and Hampshire. They are the remains of a cap of tertiary sandstone which once covered much… … Wikipedia
Sarsen — Sar sen, n. [Etymol. uncertain; perhaps for saracen stone, i.e., a heathen or pagan stone or monument.] One of the large sandstone blocks scattered over the English chalk downs; called also {sarsen stone}, and {Druid stone}. [Eng.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sarsen — large sandstone boulder, 1640s, prop. sarsen stone, i.e. Saracen stone, from SARACEN (Cf. Saracen) in the old sense of pagan, heathen … Etymology dictionary
sarsen — ► NOUN ▪ a silicified sandstone boulder of a kind used at Stonehenge and in other prehistoric monuments in southern England. ORIGIN probably a variant of SARACEN(Cf. ↑Saracen) … English terms dictionary
sarsen stone — Sarsen Sar sen, n. [Etymol. uncertain; perhaps for saracen stone, i.e., a heathen or pagan stone or monument.] One of the large sandstone blocks scattered over the English chalk downs; called also {sarsen stone}, and {Druid stone}. [Eng.] [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sarsen Amanzholov — Sarsen Amanzholovich Amanzholov (Kazakh: Сәрсен Аманжолұлы Аманжолов; Russian: Сарсен Аманжолович Аманжолов) is a famous Turkologist, and one of the pioneers of Kazakh linguistics. He cultivated the foundations of Kazakh grammar for all levels of … Wikipedia
sarsen — /sahr seuhn/, n. any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds. Also called Druid stone, graywether. [1635 45; syncopated var. of SARACEN, short for Saracen boulder… … Universalium
sarsen — noun (usually as “sarcen stone”) one of various blocks of sandstone found in various locations in southern England … Wiktionary
sarsen — see SARACEN … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
sarsen — [ sα:s(ə)n] noun a silicified sandstone boulder of a kind used at Stonehenge and in other prehistoric monuments in southern England. Origin C17: prob. a var. of Saracen … English new terms dictionary
sarsen — sar·sen … English syllables
