ring stone
noun
a voussoir appearing on a face of an arch.
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How to use ring stone in a sentence
As they stopped at the ring-stone, between the byre and the cottage, he went up to the shepherd.
Pharais and The Mountain Lovers | Fiona MacleodA true topaz crystal was too hard for the ring stone, whose edge slipped over the smooth topaz surface.
A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public | Frank Bertram WadeOf course, such a change is far more likely to occur to a ring stone than to a turquoise mounted in some more protected situation.
A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public | Frank Bertram WadeThe scarabaeoid in its turn is abandoned for the simple ring stone.
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