- a hard, siliceous rock used to make millstones
- a millstone cut from such a rock
Origin of buhrstone
buhr, variant, variety of burr + stonebuhrstone
buhr·stoneWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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buhrstone
also burr·stone
noun
A tough, silicified limestone formerly used to make millstones. It is typified by the presence of multiple cavities that originally housed fossilized shells.
Origin of buhrstone
Variant of burr 1 stoneTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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