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camstone Sc.|ˈkæmstəʊn|
In 8 calm-.
a. ‘Common compact limestone probably of a white colour’ (Jam.).
b. A white or bluish-white clay used to whiten hearths, door-steps, etc.
1791Statist. Acc. Scotl. I. 209 There is calmstone and plenty of ruddle. 1795Ibid. XV. 327 (Jam.) At the base of the hill..you meet with several layers of camstone. 1815Scott Guy M. xxxvi, A pail of whiting or camstane, as it is called, mixed with water—a circumstance which indicates Saturday night in Edinburgh. 1806Forsyth Beauties Scotl. III. 359 The third kind of limestone is..camstone or glenstone..It contains a considerable proportion of clay. |