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stonelore

stonelore noun: knowledge or study of stone(s).

Noun

stonelore (uncountable)

  1. (especially) Knowledge or study of stone(s).
    • The whole difficulty disappears when the comparative study of large stones begins, and we are told that such stones were inscribed with a hand; and when we find scientific stone-lore coming to the help of Hebrew Lexicography, we may be […]1875, Henry Thomas Armfield, On some Ancient Boulders scattered in the District of the Colnes, page 8
    • It was a type of rock which the Land's former masters of stonelore had named orcrest. It was half the size of his fist, irregularly shaped but smooth; and its surface gave a strange impression of translucence without transparency, […]1987, Stephen R. Donaldson, White Gold Wielder, Del Rey Books, →ISBN

Origin of stonelore

From stone + lore.

Questions about stonelore

What does stonelore mean?
Stonelore means knowledge or study of stone(s).
What part of speech is stonelore?
Stonelore is a noun.

Words near stonelore in the dictionary

  1. stonelaying
  2. Stoneleigh
  3. stoneless
  4. stonelessness
  5. stonelike
  6. stonelore
  7. Stonely
  8. stoneman
  9. Stonemans
  10. stonemarten
  11. stonemartens

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