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A kind of fine-grained grey stone (either a hardened shale or a claystone) formerly obtained along the banks of the Ayr and used for hones and…
Originally: any of various smooth, hard rocks used to make whetstones. Now: spec. a dense, hard, fine-grained, siliceous rock resembling chert…
a hard slate used for hones; novaculite.