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forestone

forestone noun: a piece of cast-iron which lies across the hearth with its ends resting between the keystones, and which can be moved toward the front or back of the hearth as required. It is a part of the small rectangular furnace called the "ore-hearth," used in the smelting of lead.

Noun

forestone (plural forestones)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) A piece of cast-iron which lies across the hearth with its ends resting between the keystones, and which can be moved toward the front or back of the hearth as required. It is a part of the small rectangular furnace called the "ore-hearth," used in the smelting of lead.

Forms of forestone

pluralforestones

Origin of forestone

From fore- + stone.

Questions about forestone

What does forestone mean?
Forestone means a piece of cast-iron which lies across the hearth with its ends resting between the keystones, and which can be moved toward the front or back of the hearth as required. It is a part of the small rectangular furnace called the "ore-hearth," used in the smelting of lead.
What part of speech is forestone?
Forestone is a noun.
What is the plural of forestone?
The plural of forestone is forestones.

Words near forestone in the dictionary

  1. forestocracy
  2. forestology
  3. forestomach
  4. forestomachs
  5. Foreston
  6. forestone
  7. forestones
  8. forestories
  9. forestory
  10. forestrand
  11. forestrands

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