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Definition of Firestone
1. Noun. A piece of flint that is struck to light a fire.
2. Noun. A sandstone that withstands intense heat; used to line fireplaces and furnaces and kilns.
Definition of Firestone
1. n. Iron pyrites, formerly used for striking fire; also, a flint.
Definition of Firestone
1. Proper noun. (surname) ¹
2. Noun. Iron pyrites, formerly used for striking fire. ¹
3. Noun. A flint. ¹
4. Noun. A stone which will bear the heat of a furnace without injury; especially applied to the sandstone at the top of the upper greensand in the south of England, used for lining kilns and furnaces. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Firestone
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Firestone
Literary usage of Firestone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Illustrations of the Geology of Sussex: Containing a General View of the by Gideon Algernon Mantell (1827)
"The transition from the marl to the firestone, in many localities is so gradual,
and the sandy particles are so sparingly distributed, that the chalk marl ..."
2. Labor Maintenance: A Practical Handbook of Employees' Service Work by Daniel Bloomfield (1920)
"The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company "Firestone Park" is a housing development
of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, also in Akron, ..."
3. The Horseless Age (1909)
"The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, oí Akron, Ohio, will show their regular
line of pneumatic tires, including round tread and Firestone anti-skid, ..."
4. The Life of Walter L. Campbell by b. 1881 Mary R Campbell (1917)
"Mrs. Firestone and Dr. Mendenhall have written the following accounts of the ...
ROSE P. Firestone I first met Mr. Walter L. Campbell in the fall of '57 in ..."
5. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"A Type A — Firestone Elm. Quick detachable and demountable. This rim takes a
plain "clincher" or a "quick detachable clincher' ' tire. ..."
6. Special Report by Geological Survey of Alabama, Columbia University, School of Dental and Oral Surgery (1847)
"Firestone. — Little River emerges from the Lookout Mountain plateau at Firestone
and cuts through the strip of Red Mountain formation which is here ui its ..."
7. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions by Robert Chambers (1847)
"Enter Firestone. Fire. They are all going a-birding to night. ... Firestone, our
sweet son ! Fire. A little sweeter than some of you; or a dunghill were too ..."
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