ring stone

American  

noun

1. a voussoir appearing on a face of an arch.

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Example Sentences

The scarabaeoid in its turn is abandoned for the simple ring stone.

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The matter being thus introduced, the lady was at once informed that even a real emerald might show signs of wear after a few years of the hard use that comes to a ring stone.

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A true topaz crystal was too hard for the ring stone, whose edge slipped over the smooth topaz surface.

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The small sized scarabs were usually incised with hieroglyphics and perforated longitudinally; they are generally found on the breasts of mummies next the skin or suspended from the neck, by a wire of gold or other metal, or a string going through them, or worn like a ring stone on the forefinger of the left hand; and sometimes, grasped inside of the closed left hand.

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I tread the church-yard's path alone, Unseen to shed the gushing tear: I read on many a mould'ring stone Fond records of the good and dear.

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