Stonelore
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Knowledge or study of stone(s). especially, uncountable
"The whole difficulty disappears when the comparative study of large stones begins, and we are told that such stones were inscribed with a hand; and when we find scientific stone-lore coming to the help of Hebrew Lexicography, we may be […]"
Example
More examples"The whole difficulty disappears when the comparative study of large stones begins, and we are told that such stones were inscribed with a hand; and when we find scientific stone-lore coming to the help of Hebrew Lexicography, we may be […]"
Etymology
From stone + lore.
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