whinstone
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Etymology
Possibly corrupted from quern stone, i.e. stone suitable for making querns; or else, from whin + stone.
Noun
whinstone (usually uncountable, plural whinstones)
- A stone used to crush whin for use as winter feed for cattle.
- (quarrying industry) Any hard dark-coloured rock.
- Synonym: whin
- 1847, Emily Brontë, chapter IV, in Wuthering Heights:
- ‘A rough fellow, rather, Mrs. Dean. Is not that his character?‘ ‘Rough as a saw-edge, and hard as whinstone! The less you meddle with him the better.’
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