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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1709
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¶LITHOSCOPE, v. To hunt for specimens of stones, to examine the geological structure of a place. Found later in Eng. in medical usage = a speculum for examining calculi in the bladder. The form lithoscopist is once found in Eng. (1693) = a geologist.Sc. 1709 Analecta Sc. (Maidment 1834) I. 377:
The ald house Bourn, wher you and I were lithoscoping.
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