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Definition of Gunstones
1. gunstone [n] - See also: gunstone
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gunstones
Literary usage of Gunstones
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII by Great Britain Public Record Office, John Sherren Brewer, Robert Henry Brodie, James Gairdner (1864)
"Carriage of gunstones from the haven, and of bricks from Middle- way for the new
forges ... Sd. Freight of 1 ton of gunstones, from Maidstone to Calais, 3*. ..."
2. Ancient Meols: Or, Some Account of the Antiquities Found Near Dove Point, on by Abraham Hume (1863)
"gunstones.—Among the objects discovered is also a stone cannon-ball, about three
inches in diameter; and, as the use of stone bullets was abandoned in the ..."
3. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"My throat of war be twn'J To the virgin's voice that babies lulls asleep.
This mock of his ness. 1 Sai"l' Hath turn'J his balls to gunstones. ..."
4. English Garner: Ingatherings from Our History & Literature by Edward Arber (1896)
"... And shipped them at London all at once ; Bows and arrows in chests were take,
Spears and bills with iren [irott] gunstones ; And arming daggers made for ..."
5. Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Alfred William Pollard (1903)
"They beat down the walls on every side. The Normands said, " Let us not abide!
But go we in haste, by one assent! Wheresoever the gunstones do glide, ..."
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