† loysn.
Obsolete. rare.
Some kind of stone.
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loys1295
anthracites1535
rockstone?1545
stone-glass1585
milkstone1598
fieldstone1649
pebble1669
ballstone1726
grain-stone1756
knablick1757
found stone1800
sitfast1809
graptolite1838
bumble1839
hardhead1849
chock1894
chockstone1894
1295 Visitat. S. Paul's (Du Cange) Unum superaltare de Loys.
1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. A iij The..v. stone is calde a Loys..a sanquine stone or synamer hit is calde in armys.
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