slickstone
UK/ˈslɪkˌstəʊn/US/ˈslɪkˌstoʊn/
slickstone noun: synonym of sleekstone.
Noun
slickstone (plural slickstones)
- Synonym of sleekstone.
- Take a Sheet of Lead, and have a piece of Lead made like a Slickſtone; then betvveen them tvvo grind vvhite Lead and Sallet-Oil till 'tis very fine, put it in a Gallipot for uſe.1729, E[liza] S[mith], “Medicines and Salves. [Another for the Same [Piles]]”, in The Compleat Housewife: Or, Accomplished Gentlewoman’s Companion: […], 3rd edition, London: […] J[ohn] Pemberton...
- Fig. 133 represents a white marble slickstone or smoothing implement of altogether different pattern from any previously described[…]1881, Charles Conrad Abbott, Primitive Industry: Or, Illustrations of the Handiwork, in Stone, Bone and Clay […] , Salem, Mass.: George A. Bates, page 144
- Synonyms:
- sleekstone
Synonyms of slickstone
Forms of slickstone
| plural | slickstones |
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Origin of slickstone
A variant of sleekstone; equivalent to slick + stone.
Questions about slickstone
- What does slickstone mean?
- Slickstone means synonym of sleekstone.
- What part of speech is slickstone?
- Slickstone is a noun.
- How do you pronounce slickstone?
- Slickstone is pronounced /ˈslɪkˌstəʊn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of slickstone?
- The plural of slickstone is slickstones.
Words near slickstone in the dictionary
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