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
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
They have iron, coal, slate, grindstone, lime, firestone, gypsum, freestone, and a list as long as an auctioneer's catalogue.
From The Clockmaker — or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler
On the ground abroad this firestone will not succeed for pavements, because, probably, some degree of saltness prevailing within it, the rain tears the slabs to pieces.***
From The Natural History of Selborne by White, Gilbert
And—a very little sound but very clear—she could hear the beating of the firestone.
From Tales of Space and Time by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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