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RUBBLE , broken See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone, of irregular See also:size and shape. This word is closely connected in derivation with " rubbish," which was formerly also applied to what we now See also:call " rubble." The earlier See also:Middle See also:English See also:form was robeux or robows. It would appear that the See also:original is an O. Fr. robel. Roba (older form robba) is found in See also:Italian in the sense of refuse, trash. Robba is explained by See also:Florio as a See also:gown, or See also:mantle, robe, See also:wealth, goods, trash. The original sense was " spoil." Thus, " robe," " rob," " rubbish " and " rubble " are all cognate.
" Rubble-See also:work " is a name applied to several See also:species of See also:masonry (q.v.). One See also:kind, where the stones are loosely thrown together in a See also:wall between boards and grouted with See also:mortar almost like See also:concrete, is called in Italian muraglia di getto and in See also:French See also:bocage. Work executed with large stones put together without any See also:attempt at courses is also called rubble.
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