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Definition of Freestones
1. freestone [n] - See also: freestone
Lexicographical Neighbors of Freestones
Literary usage of Freestones
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical by John Britton, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees, Thomas Hood, John Harris, Edward Wedlake Brayley (1813)
"... freestones, lately taken up, on the east side. A broken statue of Hercules,
two silver fibula;, coins of the lower empire, and bricks made by the sixth ..."
2. Blasting: A Handbook for the Use of Engineers and Others Engaged in Mining by Oscar Guttmann (1906)
"Quarrying Building Material and Freestones.— The object aimed at in quarrying
these is to shatter the rock as little as possible, and in the case of ..."
3. The Mining Magazine (1856)
"This test will make the inferiority of all freestones compared with granite more
apparent, and will eventually ..."
4. The Industrial Resources of Nova Scotia: Comprehending the Physical by Abraham Gesner (1849)
"... Salt Springs, Freestones, Grindstones, Flagstones—Coal, Coal Field, Coal
Measures—Albion Mines—Exports of Coal—Cumberland Coal Measures—Cape Breton Coal ..."
5. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Durham by John Bailey (1810)
"Freestones for building are met with in various parts of the county; and one is
found at Heworth, upon the estate of Anthony Hood, Esq. of an open porous ..."
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