Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A stone on which lead ore is broken, cobbed, or bucked; sometimes, also, an iron block so used.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mining) A block upon which ore is broken up.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mining A
block upon whichore is broken up.
Etymologies
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knock + stone
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