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Draff :: Draff (n.) A narrow border left on a finished stone, worked differently from the rest of its face..

Fret :: Fret (n.) The worn sides of river banks, where ores, or stones containing them, accumulate by being washed down from the hills, and thus indicate to the miners the locality of the veins..

Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a stone sinks in water; waves rise and sink; the sun sinks in the west..

Collet :: Collet (n.) The part of a ring containing the bezel in which the stone is set.

Sea Dotterel :: Sea dotterel () The turnstone.

Dam :: Dam (n.) A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace..

Broach :: Broach (n.) To shape roughly, as a block of stone, by chiseling with a coarse tool..

Coquina :: Coquina (n.) A soft, whitish, coral-like stone, formed of broken shells and corals, found in the southern United States, and used for roadbeds and for building material, as in the fort at St. Augustine, Florida..

Quarry-faced :: Quarry-faced (a.) Having a face left as it comes from the quarry and not smoothed with the chisel or point; -- said of stones.

Burrel Shot :: Burrel shot () A mixture of shot, nails, stones, pieces of old iron, etc., fired from a cannon at short range, in an emergency..

Jackstone :: Jackstone (n.) A game played with five small stones or pieces of metal. See 6th Chuck.

Thunderstone :: Thunderstone (n.) A belemnite. See Belemnite.

Merestone :: Merestone (n.) A stone designating a limit or boundary; a landmark.

Chaetetes :: Chaetetes (n.) A genus of fossil corals, common in the lower Silurian limestones..

Clingstone :: Clingstone (a.) Having the flesh attached closely to the stone, as in some kinds of peaches..

Spall :: Spall (v. i.) To give off spalls, or wedge-shaped chips; -- said of stone, as when badly set, with the weight thrown too much on the outer surface..

Lapis :: Lapis (n.) A stone.

Chalkstone :: Chalkstone (n.) A mass of chalk.

Thunderstone :: Thunderstone (n.) A thunderbolt, -- formerly believed to be a stone..

Stonecrop :: Stonecray (n.) A distemper in hawks.

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