Sarsen

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  • n. one of various blocks of sandstone found in various locations in southern England.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One of the large sandstone blocks scattered over the English chalk downs; -- called also sarsen stone, and Druid stone.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Same as Saracen (formerly used in a vague sense for foreigner).
  • n. The name given in southwestern England to former inhabitants of the region, and especially to former workers of the tin-mines, the ancient piles of attle in Cornwall and Devon being designated as “Jews' pits,” “Jews' leavings,” “attal-Sarsen” or “-Saracen,” “remains of the Sarcens,” etc.
  • n. [lowercase] Same as Saracen's stone (which see, under Saracen).
    • Word Usage
    "You may want to take a look at the interesting sarsen stones in front of the house (the same stones used to build part of Stonehenge)."
    Cross Reference
    bluestone   
    Variant
    sarsen stone    druid stone   
     
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