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Whinstone

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A stone used to crush whin for use as winter feed for cattle. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt) wordnet
  3. 3
    Any hard dark-coloured rock. uncountable, usually

    "‘A rough fellow, rather, Mrs. Dean. Is not that his character?‘ ‘Rough as a saw-edge, and hard as whinstone! The less you meddle with him the better.’"

Etymology

Possibly corrupted from quern stone, i.e. stone suitable for making querns; or else, from whin + stone.

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