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mort stone

mort stone noun: a large stone by the wayside on which the bearers rest a coffin, or a huge stone placed on a coffin or grave to dissuade body snatchers from defiling the corpse.

Noun

mort stone (plural mort stones)

  1. (UK, obsolete) A large stone by the wayside on which the bearers rest a coffin, or a huge stone placed on a coffin or grave to dissuade body snatchers from defiling the corpse.
    • Oh me ! the mortstone ! No it is not here!1842, Henry Taylor, Edwin the Fair

Forms of mort stone

pluralmort stones
alternative formmortstone

Questions about mort stone

What does mort stone mean?
Mort stone means a large stone by the wayside on which the bearers rest a coffin, or a huge stone placed on a coffin or grave to dissuade body snatchers from defiling the corpse.
What part of speech is mort stone?
Mort stone is a noun.
What is the plural of mort stone?
The plural of mort stone is mort stones.

Words near mort stone in the dictionary

  1. mort cloths
  2. mort d'ancestor
  3. mort de chien
  4. mort house
  5. mort houses
  6. mort stone
  7. mort stones
  8. mort wap-apace
  9. mort-house
  10. mort-houses
  11. Morta

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