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whinstone

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9 lettersPart of speech nounSorted ehinnostwStarts with WEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt)

Word origin

Possibly corrupted from quern stone, i.e. stone suitable for making querns; or else, from whin + stone.

Used in a sentence

  • ‘A rough fellow, rather, Mrs. Dean. Is not that his character?‘ ‘Rough as a saw-edge, and hard as whinstone! The less you meddle with him the better.’

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