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ˈragstone
[f. rag n.2]
1. = rag n.2 2.
1350in Riley Lond. Mem. (1868) 262, [2 boatloads of] ragston. c1420Pallad. on Husb. ii. 139 Ragstoon & thinges hard..bereth vyneyerdes grete. [1573in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) I. 174 Item for Ramsey stone free and ragge.] 1695Woodward Nat. Hist. Earth (1723) 10 Free-stone, Ragg-stone, Lime-stone. 1759B. Stillingfleet tr. Biberg's Econ. Nat. in Misc. Tracts (1762) 42 The upper parts consist of rag-stone, the next of slate, the third of marble. 1812J. Smyth Pract. of Customs (1821) 242 Rag stone..is used by artificers, for the purpose of giving a fine edge to knives, chissels, and other tools, which have previously been sharpened upon stones of a coarse texture. 1881Young Every man his own Mechanic §1309. 602 The famous Kentish ragstone so much used in bold rubble work for churches, houses, walls.
attrib.1846McCulloch Acc. Brit. Empire (1854) I. 197 The soil of the lower, or ragstone ridge, varies much.
2. = rag n.2 1.
1565Cooper Thesaurus, Cæmentitius, Made of rubbell or ragge stones. 1565Jewel Def. Apol. (1611) 352 The great ragge stones at Stonage, or Long Compton. 1698W. King tr. Sorbière's Journ. Lond. 11 All the Streets are Paved with Pebbles, and Flints and Rag Stones. 1766Entick London IV. 265 A handsome walk paved with rag stones. 1840J. Devlin Shoemaker i. 113 Rag stones for pointing awls. 1872Archæol. Cantiana VIII. 11 Some large squared ragstones, and beneath them some human bones. |