HEARTHSTONE
hearthstone
(noun) a stone that forms a hearth
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hearthstone (plural hearthstones)
A flat stone used to form a hearth.
(by extension) The fireside, home life.
A soft kind of stone used to whiten doorsteps, scour floors, etc.
Verb
hearthstone (third-person singular simple present hearthstones, present participle hearthstoning, simple past and past participle hearthstoned)
(transitive) To scour, as a floor, with hearthstone.
Source: Wiktionary
Hearth"stone`, n.
Definition: Stone forming the hearth; hence, the fireside; home. Chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone. A. Lincoln.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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