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handstones

handstones is the plural of handstone.

Meaning of handstone

Noun

handstone (plural handstones)

  1. A mano.
    • Cornsilk slammed her handstone down into the meal.1997, Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear, People of the Silence: A Novel of North America's Forgotten Past, →ISBN
  2. Any of various other handheld stone tools.
    • I believe if we refer to these poems that the accounts before us of a stone implement called the champion handstone, Leacan Laoich Milidh and Lia Lamha Laich, will closely tally with this object.1891, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy - Volume 1, page 218

Questions about handstones

What is handstones the plural of?
Handstones is the plural of handstone.

Words near handstones in the dictionary

  1. Handsteins
  2. handstick
  3. handsticks
  4. handstitched
  5. handstone
  6. handstones
  7. handstood
  8. handstrap
  9. handstraps
  10. handstroke
  11. handstrokes

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