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ground-stone
[Cf. Du. grondsteen, G. grundstein, Sw. grundsten.]
A foundation-stone. Chiefly Sc. and fig.
a1000Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 203/34 Cementa, i. petre, grundstanas. 1567Gude & Godlie Ball. (S.T.S.) 201 Land and money..Quhilk is the ground staine of thair quier, And nete of all thair pryde. 1591R. Bruce Serm. (Wodrow Soc.) 298 It may remain a sure foundation and Ground⁓stone to us. 1637Rutherford Lett. lxxxii. (1894) 171 Try upon what ground-stone ye have builded. 1871Rossetti Ave 12 Poems 41 Thou headstone of humanity, Ground⁓stone of the great Mystery. |