kerb-stonen.
/ˈkəːbstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈkərbˌstoʊn/ a. An edging of stone about the top of a well.
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the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > well > frame round top of > stone for
ridge stone1694
kerb-stone1706
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Kerb-Stone, a Stone laid round the Brim of a Well.
b. One of the stones forming the kerb of a path; also, the kerb itself.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > foot(-)path > by side of street or road > kerb
curbstone1791
kerb1807
kerb-stone1815
curb1836
kerbing1869
1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XVI. 614 From 600 to 800 tons of kerb and carriage-way stones.
1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XVI. 628 Kirb and carriage-way stones.]
1815 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 77 134 He calls the edge of the foot-pavement the kerb-stone instead of curb-stone.
1830 J. W. Croker in Croker Papers 18 Sept. (1884) II If one's foot had slipped at the edge of the kerbstone.
1882 W. Besant All Sorts of Men III. xxxv. 41 On the kerbstone the little girls are dancing.
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kerb-stone broker n. U.S. a broker, not a member of the stock exchange, who transacts business in the streets.
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1860 in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3)
1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 28 May 14/1 Both of these men are kerbstone brokers.
1896 Daily News 5 Aug. 3/5 Among the kerbstone brokers to-day Diamond Match were sold at 150.
kerb-stone merchant n. a street dealer.
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1899 Westm. Gaz. 18 Feb. 6/1 It seems an anomaly that gentlemen of the Stock Exchange should have to sink to the level of kerbstone merchants.
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