camstonen.
/ˈkamstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈkæmˌstoʊn/, Scottish English /ˈkamston/ Scottish.
1. ‘Common compact limestone probably of a white colour’ (Jamieson).
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1615 Sir R. Boyle in Lismore Papers (1886) I. 90 I gave him a came stone for his arms.
1791 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. I. 209 There is calmstone and plenty of ruddle.
1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XV. 327 (Jam.) At the base of the hill..you meet with several layers of camstone.
1806 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. III. 359 The third kind of limestone is..camstone or glenstone... It contains a considerable proportion of clay.
2. A white or bluish-white clay used to whiten hearths, doorsteps, etc.
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1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 259 A pail of whiting, or camstane, as it is called, mixed with water—a circumstance which indicates Saturday night in Edinburgh.
1831 in Hone Year Bk. 1127 A multifarious variety of articles, such as..sand, caum stane, herrings.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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