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mort stones

mort stones is the plural of mort stone.

Meaning of mort stone

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

Questions about mort stones

What is mort stones the plural of?
Mort stones is the plural of mort stone.

Words near mort stones in the dictionary

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

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