hearthstone

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A soft kind of stone used to whiten door-steps, scour floors, etc

Lastly, there is the hearth-stone barrow, piled up with hearth-stone, Bath-brick and lumps of whiting.

By extension: The fireside, home life

The denominational relations of a household will shape the future political positions of the young men growing around the hearth-stone, just as they did those of their fathers.

To scour, as a floor, with hearthstone

We've a woman come in twice a week, to scrub, and red-brick, and hearthstone, and black-lead, and the rest we manage ourselves.

A flat stone used to form a hearth
a stone that forms a hearth
Stone forming the hearth; hence, the fireside; home
A soft kind of stone used to whiten soor-steps, scour floors, etc
{i} stone which makes up the floor of a fireplace; fireside, hearthside; symbol of home and family
hearthstones
plural of hearthstone
hearthstone

    Hyphenation

    hearth·stone

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    Etymology

    [ -"stOn ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English hearth +‎ stone
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