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Definition of Topstone
1. n. A stone that is placed on the top, or which forms the top.
Definition of Topstone
1. Noun. A stone that is placed on the top, or which forms the top. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Topstone
1. the stone at the top of a structure [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Topstone
Literary usage of Topstone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sailing Directions for Nova Scotia, Bay of Fundy, and South Shore of Gulf of by Robert H. Orr, Richardson Clover (1891)
"With a fair wind into Torbay, steer in with the western extreme of the islet,
next east of topstone Ledge, apparently touching Mars Head, and bearing N. 27° ..."
2. The Sunday at Home by Religious Tract Society, Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) (1896)
"I am going up the mountain to the topstone Rock," he said. " It is better than
sticking here, doing nothing." "You are surely not going all that way on a ..."
3. The People's Bible: Discourses Upon Holy Scripture by Joseph Parker (1887)
"There is no ark now to bring in, but there is a topstone to be brought on.
Jesus Christ is building his tabernacle, or his temple, his church, watching the ..."
4. Report on Manuscripts in Various Collections by Great Britain (1904)
"Free masons "setting up the topstone of the ... the crocketts fitt for the topstone
of the pyramides, ..."
5. The Autobiography of Charles H. Spurgeon by Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Susannah Spurgeon, Joseph Harrald (1899)
"We will toil together with one warm heart until the topstone be laid, and then
our prayer shall be, ' Lord, fill the house with Thy glory ! ..."
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