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hard stone, ˈhardstone
a. Any type of hard stone.
b. A precious or semi-precious stone.
The earliest examples are instances of the informal union of hard adj. and stone.
1568Grafton Chron. II. 434 He buylded of hard stone, the bewtifull Librarie in the gray Friers in London, now called Christes Hospitall. 1613[see stone n. 2]. 1733W. Townesend Let. 28 Aug. in Archit. Rev. (1945) XCVIII. 105/3 Eight feet below the top of ye hardstone plinth. 1905Daily Chron. 11 July 5/7 The hard-stone works. 1921Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §572 Banker hand, hewer or mason; hard-stone banker mason; cuts, and if necessary saws, blocks of stone at ‘banker’. 1931Times 16 Mar. 22/4 Chinese hard-stone carvings. 1935Burlington Mag. June 299/1 (title) An exhibition of hardstone carvings. 1936Ibid. Aug. 91/2 A few jades and hard⁓stones. 1958Times 2 Dec. 12/5 Chinese porcelain and hardstones realized {pstlg}9,585 at Christie's yesterday. |