About The Word Whinstone
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Whinstone
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What's The Definition Of Whinstone?Synonyms | Synonyms for Whinstone: Related Terms | Find terms related to Whinstone: See Also | Whinstone In Webster's Dictionary \Whin"stone"\, n. [Whin + stone; cf. Scot.
quhynstane.]
A provincial name given in England to basaltic rocks, and
applied by miners to other kind of dark-colored unstratified
rocks which resist the point of the pick. -- for example, to
masses of chert. Whin-dikes, and whin-sills, are names
sometimes given to veins or beds of basalt.
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