capstonen.
/ˈkapstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈkæpˌstoʊn/ 1. A stone which caps or crowns:
a. the top-stone. Also figurative.
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the world > action or operation > completing > [noun] > that which > finishing touch or crowning act
copestone1567
last hand1567
colophon1628
capstone1685
grace stroke1686
finishing stroke1695
coup de grâce1699
touch-up1733
finish1779
crowner1815
coping-stone1860
grace note1922
topper1940
1685 tr. B. Gracián y Morales Courtiers Oracle 150 Here is the fair occasion..to put the cap-stone upon his other perfections.
1791 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse §293 They had put on the cap-stone of the stair-head.
1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xvii. 447 The capstone to his revelry is when he accepts Falstaff's pledge to a bumper.
b. The overlying horizontal stone of a cromlech or dolmen.
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the world > space > relative position > high position > [noun] > upper part > top piece or part > stone
capstone1851
society > communication > record > memorial or monument > [noun] > structure or erection > stone > dolmen or cromlech > part of
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1851 D. Wilson Archæol. & Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. iii. i. 353 Much greater mechanical skill..was required..than to..upheave the capstone of the cromlech on to the upright trilith.
1879 J. Lubbock Addresses, Polit. & Educ. ix. 157 A dolmen..of which only the capstone now remains.
c. Coping-stone, coping.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > disposition of stones or bricks > [noun] > specific stone or brick
hirne-stonec1000
parpen1252
coin1350
coin-stone1350
angler1365
parpal1369
corner-stonea1382
cunye1387
tuss1412
quoin1532
table stone1554
quoining1562
copestone1567
ground-stone1567
lock bandc1582
quinyie1588
perpender1611
whelmer1618
parpen stone1633
capstone1665
headera1684
through1683
quoin-stone1688
stretcher1693
closer1700
bed-stone1723
coping-brick1725
girder1726
footstone1728
heading brick1731
bossage1736
lewis-hole1740
shoulder1744
headstone1745
pawl1753
tail-bond1776
coping-stone1778
slocking-stone1778
throughband1794
through-stone1797
stretching-bond1805
core1823
keystone1823
tail-binder1828
stretching-stone1833
header brick1841
coign1843
pawl-stone1844
bay-stone1845
bonder1845
pillar-stone1854
bond-piece1862
stretcher-brick1867
toothing-stone1875
bond-stone1879
pierpoint1891
jumper1904
tush1905
padstone1944
1665 Oxf. Gaz. No. 6/1 The Sea here threw up several Capstones and Keys.
1828 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. I. iv. 357 So near the walls, as to be able to fix their movable bridges on the capstone.
d. The uppermost bed of stone in a quarry.
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the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > [noun] > stratum or bed > bed of stone or sand > topmost
capstone1791
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [noun] > stratum > stratum by constitution > layer of stones
flaw1576
bind1748
capstone1791
stone line1938
1791 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse §108 Were it not for these cavities, the cap-stone would not readily be worked.
2. Geology. A fossil Echinite of the genus Conulus, so called from its cap-like shape.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > subphylum Eleutherozoa > class Echinoidea > fossil > member of genus Conulus
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1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 92 By the Country people called commonly Cap-stones, from their likeness to a Cap laced down the sides.
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