before 1000; late Middle English fyyrstone, Old English fȳrstān. See fire, stone
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She pointed to a stall where a wizened little woman was grill-ing meat and onions on a hot firestone.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
The Newcastle grindstones are procured at Gateshead Fell; and firestone for building ovens, furnaces and the like is obtained in various parts of Durham, and exported in considerable quantity.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
It is yellow, and glittering, and like enough to the real metal,—but see—it is brittle, cat-gold, 'iron firestone.'
From Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy by Ruskin, John
When he had drawn up the bucket empty for the third time, he stood considering; and at last he fastened to it the firestone ring, the Sweetener, and lowered it once more.
From The Field of Clover by Housman, Laurence
At that she cast down flint and firestone and stared blankly.
From Tales of Space and Time by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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