hornstone

[ hawrn-stohn ]

/ ˈhɔrnˌstoʊn /

noun Archaic.

a variety of quartz resembling flint.

Origin of hornstone

1720–30; translation of German Hornstein

Words nearby hornstone

horns and halo effect, Hornsby, horn silver, horns of a dilemma, on the, horn-spread, hornstone, hornswoggle, horntail, horn timber, hornworm, hornwort

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Example sentences from the Web for hornstone

About ten miles north of this point, the upper calcareous, or surface rock, embraces nodules of hornstone.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820|Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
It was a piece of hornstone, which I told him his tribe had probably brought here centuries before to make arrowheads of.
The Maine Woods|Henry David Thoreau
The geological locality of hornstone is remarkable; for it occurs in both ancient and recent formations.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
The hornstone which occurs in secondary limestone is called chert by the English miners.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure

Another of the dikes of the north-east of Ireland has converted a mass of red sandstone into hornstone.
A Manual of Elementary Geology|Charles Lyell.

British Dictionary definitions for hornstone

hornstone

/ (ˈhɔːnˌstəʊn) /

noun

another name for chert, hornfels

Word Origin for hornstone

C17: translation of German Hornstein; so called from its appearance

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单词	hornstone
释义	hornstone [ hawrn-stohn ] / ˈhɔrnˌstoʊn / noun Archaic. a variety of quartz resembling flint. Origin of hornstone 1720–30; translation of German Hornstein Words nearby hornstone horns and halo effect, Hornsby, horn silver, horns of a dilemma, on the, horn-spread, hornstone, hornswoggle, horntail, horn timber, hornworm, hornwort Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hornstone About ten miles north of this point, the upper calcareous, or surface rock, embraces nodules of hornstone. Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820\|Henry Rowe Schoolcraft It was a piece of hornstone, which I told him his tribe had probably brought here centuries before to make arrowheads of. The Maine Woods\|Henry David Thoreau The geological locality of hornstone is remarkable; for it occurs in both ancient and recent formations. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines\|Andrew Ure The hornstone which occurs in secondary limestone is called chert by the English miners. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines\|Andrew Ure Another of the dikes of the north-east of Ireland has converted a mass of red sandstone into hornstone. A Manual of Elementary Geology\|Charles Lyell. British Dictionary definitions for hornstone hornstone / (ˈhɔːnˌstəʊn) / noun another name for chert, hornfels Word Origin for hornstone C17: translation of German Hornstein; so called from its appearance Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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