hornstone
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of hornstone
1720–30; translation of German Hornstein
Example Sentences
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In the early days, Greenlawn was dotted with wooden markers but by the 1820s, burial markers were crafted from hornstone, which was stronger and more durable than wood.
From Washington Times
The pebbles on the beach consist of quartz, red jasper, hornstone, and flinty slate, but do not contain any stone resembling chalk flint.
From Project Gutenberg
The surface of the soil exhibits some fragments of hornstone and radiated quartz, with indications of iron-ore.
From Project Gutenberg
The porphyry has a compact basis, like hornstone, of a dull brown colour, which contains imbedded crystals of felspar and quartz, and occasionally of augite.
From Project Gutenberg
The facing of the cloven surfaces was done by hammer-dressing, using rounded masses of quartzose hornstone, held in the hand without any handle.
From Project Gutenberg
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