ground-stonen.
A foundation stone. Chiefly Scottish and figurative.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > disposition of stones or bricks > [noun] > specific stone or brick
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a1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 203/34 Cementa, i. petre, grundstanas.
1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 201 Land and money..Quhilk is the ground staine of thair quier, And nete of all thair pryde.
1591 R. Bruce Serm. Edinb. sig. R2v It may remain a sure foundation & ground~stane to vs.
1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1848) lxxxii. 145 Try upon what ground-stone ye have builded.
1871 D. G. Rossetti Ave 12 Poems 41 Thou headstone of humanity, Ground~stone of the great Mystery.
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