buhrstone

[bur-stohn]

noun

1. a variant of burstone.

buhrstone

/ ˈbɜːˌstəʊn /

noun

1. a hard tough rock containing silica, fossils, and cavities, formerly used as a grindstone

2. a grindstone or millstone made of this rock

Word History and Origins

Origin of buhrstone¹

C18 burr , perhaps identical to _burr ¹ (alluding to roughness)

Example Sentences

You can walk on a charming cobblestoned thoroughfare flanked by lovely 19th-century buhrstone buildings before arriving at the world’s only show court in a greenhouse: a semi-sunken 10,000-seat stadium that opened in 2019.

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Lead, iron, coal, gypsum, manganese, zinc, antimony, cobalt, ochre of various kinds, common salt, nitre, plumbago, porphyry, jasper, chalcedony, buhrstone, marble, and freestone, of various qualities.

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