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Definition of Touchstone
1. Noun. A basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated. "They set the measure for all subsequent work"
Specialized synonyms: Benchmark, Earned Run Average, Era, Gpa, Grade Point Average, Procrustean Bed, Procrustean Rule, Procrustean Standard, Yardstick, Medium Of Exchange, Monetary System, Graduated Table, Ordered Series, Scale, Scale Of Measurement, Gauge, Standard Of Measurement, Baseline, Norm
Generic synonyms: Metric, System Of Measurement
Derivative terms: Criterial, Criterional, Standardise, Standardize
Definition of Touchstone
1. n. Lydian stone; basanite; -- so called because used to test the purity of gold and silver by the streak which is left upon the stone when it is rubbed by the metal. See Basanite.
Definition of Touchstone
1. Noun. A stone used to test the quality of gold alloys. ¹
2. Noun. A standard of comparison or evaluation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Touchstone
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Literary usage of Touchstone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1917)
"MG Brownell. il House В 41: 125-8 L'' '17 Low-cost touchstone houses. 11 touchstone
1:510-16 S '17 Mackenzie home at Lima, Ohio, il House В 42:94-5 Jl '17 ..."
2. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"touchstone. A dark, flinty schist, called by.the ancient» Lapis ... touchstone.
A clown whose mouth U filled with quips and cranks and witty repartees. ..."
3. A Dictionary of the Drama: A Guide to the Plays, Play-wrights, Players, and by William Davenport Adams (1904)
"As You Like It ' was played at New York in July, 1786; and again in June, 1796,
with Hallam as touchstone; in January, 1850, with Burton as touchstone, ..."
4. Shakespeare on the Stage. 2d Series by William Winter (1915)
"touchstone AND HIS PLAYERS. Throughout the First Folio text of "As You Like It"
the speeches of touchstone and his entrances and exits are specified by the ..."
5. Echoes of Harper's Ferry by James Redpath (1860)
"THE touchstone. A mil then cunt, whence none ooold tell, Bearing a touchstone tn
hla hand, And tested all things In the land By lt> unerring spell. ..."
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