BOULDER
NOUNS
1300 • ROCHE a large piece of stone; a boulder → obs.
1459 • CALION a boulder or pebble → obs.
1610 • OUTLIER a large detached stone or boulder → Sc.
1816 • GREY GOOSE a large grey boulder → Sc. obs.
1834 • GIBBER a stone; a boulder → Aust.
1840 • DONNICK a small boulder, a pebble, a stone → Amer. dial.
………. • DORNICK a small boulder, a pebble, a stone → Amer. dial.
1847 • NIGGERHEAD a boulder, a rock, a stone, esp. one dark in colour → Amer. dial., derogatory
1849 • HARD-HEAD a large stone or boulder that is very hard, rounded, and frequently found at or near the soil surface → Amer. dial.
1887 • COBBLE-HEDGE a fence of boulders
1937 • GRAYBACK a boulder → Amer. dial.
1945 • INDIAN-HEAD a boulder, a rock, a stone, esp. one dark in colour → Amer. dial.
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