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pipestone

/pahyp-stohn/US // ˈpaɪpˌstoʊn //UK // (ˈpaɪpˌstəʊn) //

琵琶石,水石,水岩,琵石

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a reddish argillaceous stone used by North American Indians for making tobacco pipes.

Examples

  • A few days later two solitary teepees stood on the shore of the pond, under the red cliffs of the Pipestone Quarry.

  • They are chiefly made of a soft stone something like the pipestone used by the present Indians which approaches soapstone.

  • All tribes, even those at war, could claim asylum at the red pipestone.

  • Lewis drew forth his imposing calumet of red pipestone and lighted it.

  • Here they remained for a day quarrying pipestone and fashioning pipes.