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Firestone   /fˈaɪrstˌoʊn/   Listen
Firestone

noun
1.
A piece of flint that is struck to light a fire.
2.
A sandstone that withstands intense heat; used to line fireplaces and furnaces and kilns.






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"Firestone" Quotes from Famous Books



... rather too soft for this purpose. It is a freestone cutting in all directions, yet has something of a grain parallel with the horizon, and therefore should not be surbedded, but laid in the same position that it grows in the quarry. On the ground abroad this firestone will not succeed for pavements, because, probably some degrees of saltness prevailing within it, the rain tears the slabs to pieces. Though this stone is too hard to be acted on by vinegar, yet both the white part, and even the blue rag, ferments strongly ...
— The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 • Gilbert White



Words linked to "Firestone" :   sandstone, flint



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