zone-mind, n.

zone-mind
http://www.oed.com/dictionary/zone-mind_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_use
First published 1986; not fully revised

# zone-mindnoun

## Factsheet

### Where does the noun zone-mind come from?

Earliest known use

1930s

The earliest known use of the noun zone-mind is in the 1930s.

OED's only evidence for zone-mind is from 1932, in the writing of Edmund Blunden, poet and university teacher.

### Nearby entries

1. zone defence | zone defense, n. 1927–
2. zone electrophoresis, n. 1952–
3. zone fossil, n. 1904–
4. zoneless, adj. 1748–
5. zonelet, n. 1855–
6. zone level, v. 1974–
7. zone leveller, n. 1956–
8. zone levelling, n. 1953–
9. zone-melt, v. 1982–
10. zone melting, n. 1952–
11. zone-mind, n.1932–
12. zone plate, n. 1890–
13. zoner, n. 1962–
14. zone-refine, v. 1962–
15. zone refiner, n. 1959–
16. zone refining, n. 1952–
17. zone therapy, n. 1915–
18. zone time, n. 1908–
19. Zonian, n. 1910–
20. zonic, adj. 1797–
21. zoning, n. a1821–

## Meaning & use

1. 1932–
   See zone n. Compounds.
   1. 1932

      > When gong-like struck The violent crisis of zone-minds That chilled us with clouds turned winds.

      E. Blunden, Halfway House 55

Originally published as part of the entry for zone, n.

zone, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.