Lexicographical Neighbors of Camstone
Literary usage of Camstone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Royal Geological Society of Ireland by Royal Geological Society of Ireland (1889)
"from which camstone appears to have been procured rather extensively in former
years; at present it is only raised to be used for hearths or the hacking of ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"To CAUM, va To whiten with camstone, qv, SV camstone. [С AU P, *. A cup, a wooden
bowl. V. CAP. ..."
3. The New Statistical Account of Scotland (1845)
"The rolled stones which occur in the fields are generally sandstone, graywacke,
camstone, and porphyry, pieces of which abound on ..."
4. The beauties of Scotland: Containing a Clear and Full Account of the by Robert Forsyth (1806)
"... called here camstone, which we described when treating of Dunbartonshire, and
which is easily burned into a heavy lime, but must be slacked while hot. ..."
5. The History of Burke and Hare and of the Resurrectionist Times: A Fragment by George Macgregor, George Mac Gregor (1884)
"She used to sell salt and camstone. She was decoyed in by Hare and his wife on
the afternoon of the llth February, and he gave her some whisky to drink. ..."
6. The History of the Kirk of Scotland by David Calderwood (1842)
"... Camus was slaine within two myles frome Bar in Angus, at camstone, by a young
gentleman named Keith. His familie was afterward ..."
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