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BUHRSTONE n.
A cellular, flinty rock, used for mill stones. [Written also burrstone.]
BURR MILLSTONE n.
See Buhrstone.
BURRSTONE n.
See Buhrstone.
CAEN STONE n.
A cream-colored limestone for building, found near Caen, France.
CAIRNGORMSTONE n.
A yellow or smoky brown variety of rock crystal, or crystallized quartz, found esp, in the mountain of Cairngorm, in Scotland.
CAPSTONE n.
A fossil echinus of the genus Cannulus; -- so called from its supposed resemblance to a cap.
CHALKSTONE n. 2 definitions
A mass of chalk. As chalkstones . . . beaten in sunder. Isa. xxvii. 9.
CLIFF LIMESTONE n.
A series of limestone strata found in Ohio and farther west, presenting bluffs along the rivers and valleys, formerly supposed to be of one formation, but now known to be partly Silurian and partly Devonian.
CLINGSTONE a. 2 definitions
Having the flesh attached closely to the stone, as in some kinds of peaches. -- n.
CLINKSTONE n.
An igneous rock of feldspathic composition, lamellar in structure, and clinking under the hammer. See Phonolite.
COBBLESTONE n.
A large pebble; a rounded stone not too large to be handled; a small boulder; -- used for paving streets and for other purposes.
COBSTONE n.
Cobblestone. [Prov. Eng.]
COPESTONE n.
A stone for coping. See Coping.
COPPLESTONE n.
A cobblestone. [Obs.]
CROSS-STONE n.
See Harmotome, and Staurotide.
CROWSTONE n.
The top stone of the gable end of a house. Halliwell.
CROYLSTONE n.
Crystallized cawk, in which the crystals are small.
CURBSTONE n.
A stone Curbstone broker.See under Broker.
DIBSTONE n.
A pebble used in a child's game called dibstones. Locke.
DOORSTONE n.
The stone forming a threshold.
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