Turkey stonen.
1. = turquoise n.
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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > phosphates > [noun] > hydrous aluminium or copper
turquoise1398
Turkey1487
Turkish stone1577
Turkey stone1607
turquoise stone1796
agaphite1819
chalchuite1843
henwoodite1876
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > turquoise > [noun]
turquoise1398
Turkey1487
Turkish stone1577
Turkey stone1607
turquoise stone1796
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 7 Mammonets are lesse then an Ape,..his stones greenish blew like a Turkey stone.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Couleur Turquine,..the colour of the Turkie stone.
1668 S. Pepys Diary 18 Feb. (1976) IX. 78 She shows me her ring..of a Turky-stone set with little sparks of Dyamonds.
1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) ii. 388 They shewd vs..a cup, or dish..all of one Turky stone entire.
1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 245. ⁋2 Another [ring] of Turkey Stone.
1820 Countess Granville Lett. (1894) I. 188 A beautiful ring, a turkey stone set in gold.
1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 158 The turquoise, turkise, or turkey-stone having, from remote periods, been supposed to possess talismanic properties.
2. A hard, fine-grained, siliceous rock imported from the Levant for whetstones; novaculite; a whetstone made of this. Also attributive.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > shaping tools or equipment > [noun] > sharpening > whetstone
whetstonec725
hone-stone1393
filourc1400
hone1440
rub1502
rubber1553
knife-stone1571
stone1578
oilstone1585
block1592
oil whetstone1601
greenstone1668
scythe-stone1688
water stone1703
sharping-stone1714
Scotch stone1766
honer1780
Turkey hone1794
polishing-slate1801
burr1816
Turkey stone1816
German hone1817
Arkansas1869
rag1877
rock1889
slipstone1927
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > [noun] > hard stone > whetstone
whetstone1578
wolf-stone1640
hone1688
Water of Ayr stone1793
novaculite1794
Turkey hone1794
Turkey stone1816
whet-slate1839
1816 P. Cleaveland Elem. Treat. Mineral. & Geol. 364 The Novaculite is employed in the arts under the names of hone, oil-stone, Turkey stone, and whetstone.
1840 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 421/1 A scraping tool..carefully sharpened on a Turkey stone.
1867 J. Hogg Microscope (ed. 6) i. iii. 210 Polish..on a hone of Turkey~stone kept wet with water.
1875 T. Seaton Man. Fret Cutting 3 Oil-stones are sold by weight, Turkey-stone being the dearest, and also by far the best.
1875 T. Seaton Man. Fret Cutting 117 A Turkey-stone slip will polish them.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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