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buhrstone

[ bur-stohn ]

noun

  1. a variant of burstone.


buhrstone

/ ˈbɜːˌstəʊn /

noun

  1. a hard tough rock containing silica, fossils, and cavities, formerly used as a grindstone
  2. a grindstone or millstone made of this rock
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of buhrstone1

C18 burr , perhaps identical to burr 1(alluding to roughness)
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Example Sentences

You can walk on a charming cobblestoned thoroughfare flanked by lovely 19th-century buhrstone buildings before arriving at the world’s only show court in a greenhouse: a semi-sunken 10,000-seat stadium that opened in 2019.

Lead, iron, coal, gypsum, manganese, zinc, antimony, cobalt, ochre of various kinds, common salt, nitre, plumbago, porphyry, jasper, chalcedony, buhrstone, marble, and freestone, of various qualities.

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