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flatstone|ˈflætstəʊn|
[f. flat a. + stone n.]
1. A kind of stone which cleaves into thin slabs.
1677Plot Oxfordsh. iv. §31. 77 The Houses are covered, for the most part in Oxfordshire (not with tiles) but flat-stone.
2. See quot. 1847.
1847Halliwell, Flat-stone, a measure of iron-stone.
3. A horizontal grave-stone.
1855Parl. Papers 1854–5 XLI. i. 52 Flatstone, not exceeding 6 ft. 6 in. by 3 ft. Ibid. 53 Memorial, consisting of a flat stone over such grave, in remembrance of one person..{pstlg}1 10s. |