Purbeck stone

noun

A type of hard limestone from the Isle of Purbeck, used for building and paving.

First used 15th c.
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nounPurbeck stone (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA type of hard limestone from the Isle of Purbeck, used for building and paving.First known use 15th c.

    I could perceive several small winding holes, much like Worm-holes, as I have noted in some kind of Purbeck-stone, by looking on the surface of a piece newly flaw'd off […].

    1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section XV
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