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Overburden :: Overburden (n.) The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry.

Lithotome :: Lithotome (n.) A stone so formed by nature as to appear as if cut by art.

Greensand :: Greensand (n.) A variety of sandstone, usually imperfectly consolidated, consisting largely of glauconite, a silicate of iron and potash of a green color, mixed with sand and a trace of phosphate of lime..

Entrochal :: Entrochal (a.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, entrochites, or the joints of encrinites; -- used of a kind of stone or marble..

Tilestone :: Tilestone (n.) A tile of stone.

Blind :: Blind (v. t.) To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel; as a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled..

Wick :: Wick (v. i.) To strike a stone in an oblique direction.

Canary :: Canary (a.) Of a pale yellowish color; as, Canary stone..

Lithoglyphic :: Lithoglyphic (a.) Of or pertaining to the art of cutting and engraving precious stones.

Stonehenge :: Stone-hearted (a.) Hard-hearted; cruel; pitiless; unfeeling.

Lias :: Lias (n.) The lowest of the three divisions of the Jurassic period; a name given in England and Europe to a series of marine limestones underlying the Oolite. See the Chart of Geology.

Planting :: Planting (n.) The laying of the first courses of stone in a foundation.

Mask :: Mask (n.) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like; -- called also mascaron..

Siderite :: Siderite (n.) Formerly, magnetic iron ore, or loadstone..

Borer :: Borer (n.) Any bivalve mollusk (Saxicava, Lithodomus, etc.) which bores into limestone and similar substances..

Granuliform :: Granuliform (a.) Having a granular structure; granular; as, granuliform limestone..

Stone :: Stone (n.) Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness; insensibility; as, a heart of stone..

Cobstone :: Cobstone (n.) Cobblestone.

Hailstone :: Hailstone (n.) A single particle of ice falling from a cloud; a frozen raindrop; a pellet of hail.

Limekiln :: Limekiln (n.) A kiln or furnace in which limestone or shells are burned and reduced to lime.

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