SARSEN
\sˈɑːsən], \sˈɑːsən], \s_ˈɑː_s_ə_n]\
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One of the large sandstone blocks scattered over the English chalk downs; - called also sarsen stone, and Druid stone.
By Oddity Software
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One of the large sandstone blocks scattered over the English chalk downs; - called also sarsen stone, and Druid stone.
By Noah Webster.
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sär'sen, n. a local name for the old inhabitants who worked the tin-mines in Cornwall and Devonshire-- (the piles of old mining refuse are called attal-Sarsen and Jews' leavings).--Also SARS'DEN-STONE, SAR'ACEN'S-STONE, a name given to the Greywethers of Cornwall.
By Thomas Davidson
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