Definition of Potstones

1. Noun. (plural of potstone) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Potstones

1. potstone [n] - See also: potstone

Lexicographical Neighbors of Potstones

potshards
potshare
potshares
potsherd
potsherds
potshop
potshops
potshot
potshots
potshotting
potsie
potsies
potsticker
potstickers
potstone
potstones (current term)
potsy
pott
pottage
pottages
potted
potted shrimp
potteen
potteens
potter
potter's clay
potter's earth
potter's field
potter's fields
potter's rot

Literary usage of Potstones

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Student's Elements of Geology by Charles Lyell (1885)
"On breaking open the potstones, I found an internal cylindrical nucleus of ... At the distance of half a mile, the vertical piles of potstones were much ..."

2. Elements of Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1866)
"The potstones, many of them pear-shaped, were usually about three feet in ... On breaking open the potstones, I found an internal cylindrical nucleus of ..."

3. The Student's Lyell: A Manual of Elementary Geology by Charles Lyell, John Wesley Judd (1896)
"potstones. Siliceous sponges of tbe chalk.—A more difficult problem is presented by the occurrence of certain huge flints, ..."

4. Elements of Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1865)
"On breaking open the potstones, I found an internal cylindrical nucleus of ... At the distance of half a mile, the vertical piles of potstones were much ..."

5. A Manual of Elementary Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1865)
"On breaking open the potstones, I found an internal cylindrical nucleus of ... At the distance of half a mile, the vertical piles of potstones were much ..."

6. A Manual of Elementary Geology: Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1860)
"On breaking open the potstones, I found an internal cylindrical nucleus of pure chalk, much harder than the ordinary surrounding chalk, and not crumbling to ..."

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