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gravestone, grave-stone|ˈgreɪvstəʊn|
[f. grave n.1 + stone n.]
†1. A stone coffin. Obs. rare—1.
a1225St. Marher. 22 Ich..dude hit i graue stan in hire grandame hus.
2. A stone placed over a grave, or at the entrance of a tomb; in later use also applied to an upright stone at the head or foot of a grave, bearing an inscription.
1340Cursor M. 17370 (Trin.) Of aungels one Had lifte awey þe graue stone. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 79 Of þe swetynge of þe gravestone þere is taken a forwetynge or tokenynge of þe pope sone for to deie. c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 6373 He kyst þe graue stane. 1502Bury Wills (Camden) 93, I will ouer my grave be leid a graveston of marbull. 1566in Peacock Eng. Ch. Furniture (1866) 112 The alter stones one is broken and pauith the church, thother is laid for a graue stonne. 1607Shakes. Timon iv. iii. 380. 1722 De Foe Plague (1840) 26 He saw a ghost walking upon such a gravestone there. 1821Clare Vill. Minstr. I. 211 Where the grave-stone meets the eye. 1845D. Jerrold St. Giles xxi. (1851) 213 [He] rose from the grave⁓stone, whereupon..he was wont to sit. 1884Pae Eustace 79 Cast the shadows of the gravestones on the silent graves. |