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Definition of Buhrstone
1. n. A cellular, flinty rock, used for mill stones.
Definition of Buhrstone
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of burrstone) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Buhrstone
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Medical Definition of Buhrstone
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Buhrstone
Literary usage of Buhrstone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report on the Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, and Zoology of Massachusetts by Edward Hitchcock, Massachusetts Geological Survey (1833)
"buhrstone. In the same hill that furnishes the fine stratified quartz rock for
architectural purposes, in Washington, three miles from Pittsfield, ..."
2. Special Report by Geological Survey of Alabama, Columbia University, School of Dental and Oral Surgery (1894)
"A few words respecting the appearance of the buhrstone rocks at localities further
south ... Upon its summit there is a good outcrop of buhrstone rocks, ..."
3. Dangerous Trades: The Historical, Social, and Legal Aspects of Industrial by Sir Thomas Oliver (1902)
"buhrstone is one of the hardest stones in nature. ... The chiselling of the
buhrstone is generally conducted in the open air or in a shed open at the sides, ..."
4. Results of Primary Triangulation and Primary Traverse: Fiscal Year 1904-05 by Samuel Stinson Gannett (1905)
"buhrstone ORE. This is a compact layer running generally G inches to 1 foot ...
The term " buhrstone '" is due to the chert nodules said to occur in the ore ..."
5. Report on the Geology of the Coastal Plain of Alabama by Geological Survey of Alabama, Eugene Allen Smith, Daniel W. Langdon, jr, Truman Heminway Aldrich, K. M. Cunningham (1894)
"A few words respecting the appearance of the buhrstone rocks at localities further
south ... Upon its summit there is a good outcrop of buhrstone rocks, ..."
6. The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal by Royal Society of Edinburgh, Wernerian Natural History Society, David Brewster, Robert Jameson (1821)
"... of ilie recently discovered buhrstone and Porcelain-Clay of that place. ...
admirably adapted to supply the place of the best French buhrstone in our ..."
7. The Non-metallic Minerals: Their Occurrence and Uses by George Perkins Merrill (1910)
"Numerous localities are mentioned, the most accessible being near Austin, on the
banks of the Colorado River. buhrstone, or burrstone, is the name given to ..."
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