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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