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sarsen
sarsen a silicified sandstone boulder of a kind which occurs on the chalk downs of southern England. Such stones were used in constructing Stonehenge and other prehistoric monuments. They consist of a form of quartzite, and were probably formed as a duricrust in the Pliocene period. The word is recorded from the late 17th century, and is apparently a variant of Saracen.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "sarsen." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "sarsen." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-sarsen.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "sarsen." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-sarsen.html |
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sarsen large boulder. XVII. Earlier in Saracen's and Sarsdon stones, Sarsdens, and supposed to be identical with SARACEN.
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T. F. HOAD. "sarsen." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "sarsen." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-sarsen.html T. F. HOAD. "sarsen." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-sarsen.html |
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sarsen
•Masson
•flaxen, Jackson, klaxon, Sachsen, Saxon, waxen
•Samson
•Branson, Jansen, Manson, Nansen
•arson, Carson, fasten, parson, sarsen
•Bresson, delicatessen, Essen, lessen, lesson
•Texan
•Belsen, keelson, Nelson
•Mendelssohn • Empson
•Benson, ensign
•Stetson
•basin, caisson, chasten, diapason, hasten, Jason, mason
•Bateson • handbasin • washbasin
•Freemason • stonemason • Nielsen
•Stevenson
•christen, glisten, listen
•Gibson, Ibsen
•Blixen, Nixon, vixen
•Nilsson, Stillson, Wilson
•Nicholson • Simpson • Whitsun
•Robinson • Acheson
•Addison, Madison
•Edison
•Atkinson • Dickinson • Alison
•Tennyson, venison
•unison
•caparison, comparison, garrison, Harrison
•Ericsson • Morrison
•archdiocesan, diocesan
•jettison • Davisson
•bison, Meissen, Tyson
•Michelson • Robson
•coxswain, oxen
•Mommsen, Thompson
•Johnson, Jonson, sponson, Swanson
•Watson
•coarsen, hoarsen, Orson
•boatswain, bosun
•Robeson • Jolson • moisten • loosen
•Wolfson • Cookson • Hudson
•Bunsen • tutsan
•Grierson, Pearson
•Culbertson • Richardson • Anderson
•Jefferson • Ferguson • Rowlandson
•Amundsen • Emerson • Jespersen
•Saracen • Peterson • Williamson
•person, worsen
•Bergson • chairperson • layperson
•salesperson • sportsperson
•spokesperson
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"sarsen." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "sarsen." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-sarsen.html "sarsen." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-sarsen.html |
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