Hearthstone

//ˈhɑɹθstoʊn// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A flat stone used to form a hearth.

    "I took a seat at the end of the hearthstone opposite that towards which my landlord advanced […]."

  2. 2
    a stone that forms a hearth wordnet
  3. 3
    The fireside, home life. broadly

    "I am going to my own hearth-stone, / Bosomed in yon green hills alone,"

  4. 4
    A soft kind of stone used to whiten doorsteps, scour floors, etc.

    "Lastly, there is the hearth-stone barrow, piled up with hearth-stone, Bath-brick and lumps of whiting"

Verb
  1. 1
    To scour, as a floor, with hearthstone. transitive

    "We've a woman come in twice a week, to scrub, and red-brick, and hearthstone, and black-lead, and the rest we manage ourselves."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From hearth + stone.

Etymology 2

From hearth + stone.

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