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buhrstone
[ bur-stohn ]
buhrstone
/ ˈ²úÉœËËŒ²õ³Ùəʊ²Ô /
noun
- a hard tough rock containing silica, fossils, and cavities, formerly used as a grindstone
- a grindstone or millstone made of this rock
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of buhrstone1
C18 burr , perhaps identical to burr 1(alluding to roughness)
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You can walk on a charming cobblestoned thoroughfare flanked by lovely 19th-century buhrstone buildings before arriving at the world’s only show court in a greenhouse: a semi-sunken 10,000-seat stadium that opened in 2019.
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Lead, iron, coal, gypsum, manganese, zinc, antimony, cobalt, ochre of various kinds, common salt, nitre, plumbago, porphyry, jasper, chalcedony, buhrstone, marble, and freestone, of various qualities.
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