Definition of Firestane
Fire"stone` (?; 110), n. [AS.
f&ymacr;rstān flint; f&ymacr;r fire +
stān stone.] 1. Iron pyrites,
formerly used for striking fire; also, a flint.
2. A stone which will bear the heat of a
furnace without injury; -- especially applied to the sandstone at the
top of the upper greensand in the south of England, used for lining
kilns and furnaces. Ure.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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