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Definition of Rottenstone
1. Noun. A weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered form it is used in polishing.
Definition of Rottenstone
1. Noun. (geology) A soft, friable limestone, used in polishes ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rottenstone
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Rottenstone
Literary usage of Rottenstone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Non-metallic Minerals: Their Occurrence and Uses by George Perkins Merrill (1910)
"rottenstone. The name rottenstone has been given to the residual product from
... The chemical compositon of rottenstone, as may well be imagined from what ..."
2. The Non-metallic Minerals: Their Occurrence and Uses by George Perkins Merrill (1904)
"rottenstone. The name rottenstone has been given to the residual product from
... The chemical compositon of rottenstone, as may well be imagined from what ..."
3. The Non-metallic Minerals: Their Occurrence and Uses by George Perkins Merrill (1904)
"rottenstone. The name rottenstone has been given to the residual product from
... The chemical compositon of rottenstone, as may well be imagined from what ..."
4. The Non-metallic Minerals: Their Occurrence and Uses by George Perkins Merrill (1910)
"The name rottenstone has been given to the residual product from the decay of
... The chemical compositon of rottenstone, as may well be imagined from what ..."
5. The Natural History of the Raw Materials of Commerce: With a Copious List of by John Yeats (1878)
"Rock crystal, quartz, and flint ; sandstones, paving, mill, and building stones ;
siliceous sands, rottenstone, Bath bricks, Tripoli powder, Bilin powder, ..."
6. Workshop Receipts by Ernest Spon, Robert Haldane, Charles George Warnford Lock (1883)
"Then apply a mixture of 1 part common sulphuric acid and 12 of water, mixed in
an earthen vessel, and afterwards polish with oil and rottenstone, ..."
7. Receipts and Remedies: Useful Hints for Everyone on Health, Beauty, Clothing by Louis Andrew Flemming (1908)
"... and rottenstone, using a small piece of felt to do the rubbing. Do not rub
too hard. 9. Dark stains on woodwork can be removed by applying oxalic acid ..."
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