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Definition of Rubstones
1. rubstone [n] - See also: rubstone
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rubstones
Literary usage of Rubstones
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Extracts from the Records of the Company of Hostmen of Newcastle-upon-Tyne by Frederick Walter Dendy (1901)
"... Grindstones, whetstones and rubstones within the Port of Newcastle and River
of Tyne as at large by their Charter it doth and may appeare ; By wch their ..."
2. Rules, Chiefly Deduced from Experiment, for Conducting the Practical by Charles William Pasley (1841)
"... may be used for the larger poles, or young trees, when such are required.
The hand-hatchet is comparatively useless. A grindstone or rubstones, ..."
3. Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1898)
"... and water whetstones, 200000 pounds of shoemaker's rubstones, 40000 pounds of
kitchen rubstones, 150000 pounds of coarser sandstones, and 18000 gross of ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"... for the loading and better disposing of sea-coals and pit coals, grindstones,
rubstones, and whetstones, in and upon the river and port of Tyne. ..."
5. Collections by Massachusetts Historical Society (1886)
"Sythes and rubstones formerly. And of the news received last night of 7 Bishops
imprison'd June 8 last in the Tower.1 And of the Prince born June the IO*?1, ..."
6. The Gentleman's Magazine (1820)
"... to and from certain ports, as from other ports of the kingdom : the articles
therein specified are sea-coals, grindstones, rubstones, and whetstones. ..."
7. Samuel Sewall and the World He Lived in by Nathan Henry Chamberlain (1897)
"... strong heels, being hard metal; 6 dozen of rubstones [whetstones] 20 dozens
of good strong servicable knives with bone, horn and wooden hafts. ..."
8. Extracts from the Records of the Company of Hostmen of Newcastle-upon-Tyne by Frederick Walter Dendy (1901)
"... Grindstones, whetstones and rubstones within the Port of Newcastle and River
of Tyne as at large by their Charter it doth and may appeare ; By wch their ..."
9. Rules, Chiefly Deduced from Experiment, for Conducting the Practical by Charles William Pasley (1841)
"... may be used for the larger poles, or young trees, when such are required.
The hand-hatchet is comparatively useless. A grindstone or rubstones, ..."
10. Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1898)
"... and water whetstones, 200000 pounds of shoemaker's rubstones, 40000 pounds of
kitchen rubstones, 150000 pounds of coarser sandstones, and 18000 gross of ..."
11. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"... for the loading and better disposing of sea-coals and pit coals, grindstones,
rubstones, and whetstones, in and upon the river and port of Tyne. ..."
12. Collections by Massachusetts Historical Society (1886)
"Sythes and rubstones formerly. And of the news received last night of 7 Bishops
imprison'd June 8 last in the Tower.1 And of the Prince born June the IO*?1, ..."
13. The Gentleman's Magazine (1820)
"... to and from certain ports, as from other ports of the kingdom : the articles
therein specified are sea-coals, grindstones, rubstones, and whetstones. ..."
14. Samuel Sewall and the World He Lived in by Nathan Henry Chamberlain (1897)
"... strong heels, being hard metal; 6 dozen of rubstones [whetstones] 20 dozens
of good strong servicable knives with bone, horn and wooden hafts. ..."
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