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drystone en · ADJ

Etymology

From dry + stone.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of dry-stone.
   alt of dry-stone
   • He had forgotten that on this side there was a drystone wall sheep pen. 2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 597:
   • They drove on, every rise in the road lifting their sightline clear of the drystone dykes along the roadside, gifting glimpses of the firth and the islands, the blue peaks of Arran. 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 440:

Deriveds

Dhrystone

drystone en · NOUN

Etymology

From dry + stone.

Meanings

1. A stalactite or stalagmite.

Forms