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WHAT DOES EDDYSTONE ROCKS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Eddystone Rocks

Eddystone Rocks

The Eddystone, or the Eddystone Rocks, are a seaswept group of rocks situated some 9 statute miles south west of Rame Head in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Formerly a treacherous hazard in the approaches to the English Channel and the port city of Plymouth, the rocks have played host to four iterations of the Eddystone Lighthouse, and are still home to the current lighthouse and the stub of its immediate predecessor. Although the nearest point on the mainland to the Eddystone is in Cornwall, the rocks fall within the city limits of Plymouth, and hence within the county of Devon. There have been four lighthouses on the Eddystone Rocks. Winstanley, Rudyard, Smeaton and finally the Douglass Lighthouse, which is the present one. When the Douglass Lighthouse was completed the people of Plymouth, grateful for the countless lives which had been saved since the introduction of the lighthouses, paid for the dismantling of the Smeaton Lighthouse from the red rocks of Eddystone and reassembly at Plymouth Hoe, where it is a popular tourist attraction today.

Definition of Eddystone Rocks in the English dictionary

The definition of Eddystone Rocks in the dictionary is a dangerous group of rocks at the W end of the English Channel, southwest of Plymouth: lighthouse.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EDDYSTONE ROCKS


Aston
ˈæstən
boston
ˈbɒstən
charleston
ˈtʃɑːlstən
cistern
ˈsɪstən
eastern
ˈiːstən
Germiston
ˈdʒɜːmɪstən
Houston
ˈhjuːstən
Ilkeston
ˈɪlkɪstən
Kingston
ˈkɪŋstən
Liston
ˈlɪstən
multipiston
ˌmʌltɪˈpɪstən
penistone
ˈpenɪstən
piston
ˈpɪstən
Preston
ˈprɛstən
Princeton
ˈprɪnstən
protistan
prəʊˈtɪstən
sacristan
ˈsækrɪstən
Tristan
ˈtrɪstən
western
ˈwɛstən
Winston
ˈwɪnstən

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Ede
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WORDS THAT END LIKE EDDYSTONE ROCKS

badderlocks
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cyclical stocks
docks
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locks
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Synonyms and antonyms of Eddystone Rocks in the English dictionary of synonyms

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的Eddystone岩石区
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Eddystone Rocks
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Eddystone Rocks
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Eddystone चट्टानों
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Eddystone الصخور
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Eddystone Скалы
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Rochas Eddystone
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এডিস্টোন রক
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Eddystone Rocks
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Eddystone Rocks
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Eddystone Rocks
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エディーストーンロックス
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Eddystone 바위
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Eddystone Rocks
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Eddystone Rocks
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எடிஸ்டோன் ராக்ஸ்
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एडीस्टोन रॉक्स
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Translator English - Turkish

Eddystone Kayaları
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Eddystone Rocks
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Eddystone Rocks
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Translator English - Ukrainian

Eddystone Скелі
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Eddystone Rocks
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Eddystone Rocks
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Eddystone Rocks
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Eddystone Rocks
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Eddystone Rocks
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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EDDYSTONE ROCKS»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Eddystone Rocks

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EDDYSTONE ROCKS»

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An Account of the Eddystone Light-House and rocks. (Chiefly ...
EDDYSTONE LIGHT-HOUSE. *— A DESCRIPTION OF THE ROCKS IN THEIR NATURAL STATE. THE Eddystone rocks are situated fourteen miles to the S. S.W. of Plymouth, and about ten miles from the promontory called Rame-Head, which ...
John SMEATON (F.R.S., Civil Engineer.), 1824
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The International Law of the Sea
with regard to the use of Eddystone Rocks as a base point in the delimitation of the English Channel. The United Kingdom contended that Eddystone Rocks were to be regarded as islands and should accordingly be used as a base point for ...
Yoshifumi Tanaka, 2012
3
Smeaton and lighthouses, a popular biogr. [by C. Tomlinson].
The Eddystone Rocks — Their situation and dangerous character — The first Lighthouse by Winstanley — Its progress and completion — Its awful fate — Rudyerd's Lighthouse — Description of — Its Destruction by Fire— Smeaton appointed ...
Charles Tomlinson, 1844
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Smeaton and Lighthouses: A Popular Biography, with an ...
The Eddystone Rocks — Their situation and dangerous character — The first Lighthouse by Winstanley — Its progress and completion — Its awful fate — Rudyerd's Lighthouse — Description of — Its Destruction by Fire — Smeaton appointed ...
John Smeaton, 1844
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The Edinburgh encyclopædia conducted by David Brewster, with ...
EDDYSTONE Rocks. These rocks are chiefly covered by the tide, and are well known to mariners as highly dangerous, particularly to the navigation of Plymouth Sound. They have been noted as the cause of numerous shipwrecks, and have ...
David Brewster, 1832
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The Edinburgh encyclopaedia
This lighthouse is situated upon an extensive reef, well known to mariners as the Eddystone rocks, lying at the distance of 9\ miles from the Ram Head, or nearest point of land, according to the trigonometrical survey of Great Britain.
Sir David Brewster, 1832
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Family Magazine: Or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge
The nearest land to the Eddystone rocks is the point to the west of Plymouth called the Ram Head, from which they are about ten miles almost directly south. As these rocks (called the Eddystone, in all probability, from the whirl or eddy which is ...
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The Family Magazine, Or Monthly Abstract of General Knowledge
The nearest land to the Eddystone rocks is the point to the west of Plymouth called the Ram Head, from which they are about ten miles almost directly south. As these rocks (called the Eddystone, in all probability, from the whirl or eddy which is ...
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Topographical and Statistical Description of the County of ...
To the account already given, of the limestone rocks of Plymouth, it may be added, that the Eddystone rocks are a congeries of irregular masses, situated about twelve miles and a half from the middle of Plymouth Sound, and so exposed to the ...
George Alexander Cooke, 1817
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The Eddystone light-house, a poem by M- R-.
... to afford relief and assistance, whenever circumstances shall render it necessary. The Eddystone Rocks are supposed to have got this name, from the great variety of contrary eddies of the tide or current amongst them, both upon the tide of 26.
M. R, 1824

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EDDYSTONE ROCKS»

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£1.85m Littlebury home with links to Eddystone Lighthouse inventor …
... it's believed Winstanley constructed a brick "moddle of the lighthouse", the full-size version of which he built on the Eddystone rocks in 1698. «Herts and Essex Observer, Jul 15»
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Leeds nostalgia: The life of John Smeaton, father of civil engineering
... where he became aware of one of the biggest engineering problems of the day - how to build a lighthouse on treacherous Eddystone Rocks. «Yorkshire Evening Post, Jun 15»
3
UKHO upgrades bathymetry portal
Also available are new surveys from the Maritime & Coastguard Agency's Civil Hydrographic Programme for Eddystone Rocks to Lizard Point ... «Maritime Journal, May 15»
4
Storm damage at Seaton's stump at Eddystone rocks is revealed
The stump of of Smeaton's Tower, which still stands at Eddystone Rocks, is usually flat, but now appears to be crumbling and a large number of ... «cornishguardian.co.uk, May 14»
5
Stump of Smeaton's Tower has taken a beating during the winter …
THE STUMP of Smeaton's Tower, which still stands at Eddystone Rocks, has become yet another victim of the ferocious winter storms. «Plymouth Herald, May 14»
6
Schofield Signalman DLC on the brink of a sell out
... great British lighthouses of the 18th and 19th centuries and the case back features an engraving of Smeaton's Tower on the Eddystone rocks, ... «WatchPro.com, Aug 13»
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Reviving culture with the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
... canoes were used for trips as far out into the rough waters as Maatsuyker Island, Treefall Island, Hunter Island and out to Eddystone Rocks. «ABC Local, Jul 13»
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Storms: teen dies after being flung from moped in gale force winds
The Plymouth lifeboat was called to rescue a fishing boat in trouble in 40ft high waves near the Eddystone Rocks off Rame Head in Cornwall. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 12»
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Gale-force winds hamper clean-up in the South West
... after complete engine failure on Thursday night, near the Eddystone Rocks, has been towed into Plymouth by the RNLI all-weather lifeboat. «BBC News, Jun 12»
10
Segway tycoon dies in cliff fall while riding scooter
The treacherous Eddystone rocks off Plymouth were feared by generations of sailors, so the creation of an illuminated wooden structure was ... «Independent, Sep 10»

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