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firestone
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun firestone has 2 senses
CIDE DICTIONARY
firestone, n. [AS. f flint; f fire + stān stone.].
- Iron pyrites, formerly used for striking fire; also, a flint. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
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