slocking-stonen.
Cornish dialect.
(See quots.)
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > disposition of stones or bricks > [noun] > specific stone or brick
hirne-stonec1000
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slocking-stone1778
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stretching-bond1805
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stretching-stone1833
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1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis Gloss. s.v. Slocking-Stone, a tempting, inducing, or rich stone of Ore.
1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis Gloss. s.v. There have been..instances of Miners who have deceived their employers by bringing them Slocking-Stones from other Mines.
1864 B. Lloyd Ladies Polcarrow 89 These deceptive specimens are called ‘slocking-stones’ by the mining community.
1880 T. Q. Couch E. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall at Slock Slocking stones are tempting, selected stones shown, to induce strangers to adventure in a mine.
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