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PORTLAND STONE n.
A yellowish-white calcareous freestone from the Isle of Portland in England, much used in building.
POTSTONE n.
A variety of steatite sometimes manufactured into culinary vessels.
PUMICE STONE n.
Same as Pumice.
PURBECK STONE n.
A limestone from the Isle of Purbeck in England.
RHINESTONE n.
A colorless stone of high luster, made of paste. It is much used as an inexpensive ornament.
RINGLESTONE n.
The ringed dotterel, or ring plover. [Prov.Eng.]
ROCKING-STONE n.
A stone, often of great size and weight, resting upon another stone, and so exactly poised that it can be rocked, or slightly moved, with but little force.
ROESTONE n.
Same as Oölite.
ROSETTA STONE n.
A stone found at Rosetta, in Egypt, bearing a trilingual inscription, by aid of which, with other inscriptions, a key was obtained to the hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt. Brande & C.
RUBBLESTONE n.
See Rubble, 1 and 2.
RUBSTONE n.
A stone for scouring or rubbing; a whetstone; a rub.
SALAMSTONE n.
A kind of blue sapphire brought from Ceylon. Dana.
SANDSTONE n.
A rock made of sand more or less firmly united. Common or siliceous sandstone consists mainly of quartz sand.
SCRUBSTONE n.
A species of calciferous sandstone. [Prov. Eng.]
SCYTHESTONE n.
A stone for sharpening scythes; a whetstone.
SNAKESTONE n. 2 definitions
A kind of hone slate or whetstone obtained in Scotland.
SOAPSTONE n.
See Steatite, and Talc.
STARSTONE n.
Asteriated sapphire.
STEPPING-STONE n. 2 definitions
A stone to raise the feet above the surface of water or mud in walking.
STEPSTONE n.
A stone laid before a door as a stair to rise on in entering the house.
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