Handstone
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A mano.
"Cornsilk slammed her handstone down into the meal."
- 2 Any of various other handheld stone tools.
"I believe if we refer to these poems that the accounts before us of a stone implement called the champion handstone, Leacan Laoich Milidh and Lia Lamha Laich, will closely tally with this object."
Example
More examples"Cornsilk slammed her handstone down into the meal."
Etymology
From hand + stone.
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