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boundstone

noun

Etymology

From bound + stone.

  1. derived from *steyh₂-✻ — “to stiffen”
  2. inherited from *stainaz✻ — “stone”
  3. inherited from *stain✻
  4. inherited from stān
  5. inherited from ston
  6. compounded as boundstone — “bound + stone”

Definitions

  1. A kind of calcareous rock sediment where the original components have been bound together…

    A kind of calcareous rock sediment where the original components have been bound together after deposition.

The neighborhood

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