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
Empty he found it, with only his firestone hanging by the rim, and once again he let it down to be refilled.
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
At that she cast down flint and firestone and stared blankly.
From Tales of Space and Time by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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
Goodrich, Firestone, General Tire and Goodyear erected giant factories and mansions around town.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
Some people, like Jeremy, who was camping in the nearby Firestone Tire parking lot, just hung out during the day; others slept over.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026
The next year about 50 families pitched tents or built other structures on a local church’s property at Firestone Boulevard and Alameda Street.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2025
In the following three months, he went on to win The Open, the WGC-Bridgestone Championship at Firestone and then the US PGA at Valhalla - his fourth and final major to date.
From BBC ● May 15, 2024
Holocaust survivor Renee Firestone reiterated my point by telling my stu-dents, “Don’t let the actions of a few determine the way you feel about an entire group. Remember, not all Germans were Nazis.”
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
Bumpkin, Lumpkin, and Rumpkin struck the firestones together, and everyone cheered when they finally managed a spark.
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
A pot of cooking rice The three horses are the firestones or the three supports of the pot in the pottery stove; the bubbling is the crying.
From A Little Book of Filipino Riddles by Starr, Frederick
Even the fire, for there was a fire, was a solid mass of firestones; a glowing grateful of hard coal; if there was life in that, it was the life of mere existence.
From A Letter of Credit by Warner, Susan
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