stone-bed
91road|bed — «ROHD BEHD», noun. 1. the foundation of a road or railroad. 2. crushed stone and other materials used to form such a foundation …
92Edge stone — Edge Edge ([e^]j), n. [OE. eg, egge, AS. ecg; akin to OHG. ekka, G. ecke, Icel. & Sw. egg, Dan. eg, and to L. acies, Gr. akh point, Skr. a[,c]ri edge. [root]1. Cf. {Egg}, v. t., {Eager}, {Ear} spike of corn, {Acute}.] 1. The thin cutting side of… …
93Paving stone (flooring) — An interlocking concrete paver is a multi shaped, multi colored piece of concrete commonly used in exterior hardscaping applications. Developed in Europe and introduced into the United States in the early 1970 s, Interlocking Concrete Paving… …
94clay stone — noun 1. : a calcareous concretion formed in a bed of clay 2. : a dull earthy feldspathic rock containing clay * * * Geol. argillite. Also, claystone. [1770 80] * * * clay stone, 1. a concretion found in alluvial clay deposits. 2. = argillite. (Cf …
95In the Night Garden — This article is about a British children s television series. For other uses, see In the Night (disambiguation). In the Night Garden… Format Children s television series Created by Andrew Davenport Developed by Ragdoll Productions …
96Underfloor heating — Heat can be provided by circulating heated water or by electric cable, mesh, or film heaters.Underfloor heating can be used with concrete and wooden floors, with all types of floor covering (e.g., stone, tile, wood, vinyl, and carpet), and at… …
97PREHISTORIC ARCHITECTURE — The earliest known architecture in human history is found in the prehistoric period called the Upper Paleolithic Age, which dates from around 40,000 BC to around 7000 BC. While earlier humans lived in Africa and Asia, the receding Ice Age and… …
98quern — /kwerrn/, n. a primitive, hand operated mill for grinding grain. [bef. 950; ME; OE cweorn; akin to ON kvern hand mill] * * * ▪ tool ancient device for grinding grain. The saddle quern, consisting simply of a flat stone bed and a rounded… …
99mortar and pestle — ▪ tools ancient device for milling by pounding. Together with the saddle quern (a round stone rolled or rubbed on a flat stone bed), it was the first means known for grinding grain; the grain was placed in a shallow depression in a stone, the… …
100Weyr — A Weyr (pronEng|ˈwɪər) is a collection of dragons, their riders and support staff in Anne McCaffrey s fictional world of Pern. Weyr rhymes with here, and should not be confused with the pronunciation of wher, which rhymes with there. The function …
