| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Constructed of uncemented stone.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb dry-stonely.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (dry-stonely) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective dry-stone.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DRY-STONE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814. (references) |
Common Expressions: DRY-STONE
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Dry-stone wall | A stone wall made with stones fitted together without mortar. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Dry-stone wall | A dry-stone wall, dry-stone dyke or dry-stone hedge is a wall that is constructed from stones without any mortar to bind them together. The wall is held up by a special construction method and by its own weight, and the stones must be carefully selected by shape to ensure that they have a large contact surface area with their neighbours and so do not slip. Such walls are used both in building construction and as field boundaries. (references) | ||
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