crowstone

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noun

Ganister, a kind of sandstone.

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Meanings

nouncrowstone (countable and uncountable, plural crowstones)

plural crowstones

  1. UKcountabledialectaluncountableGanister, a kind of sandstone.

    Yoredale Sandstones […] Large quarries in the "crowstone," as the rock is locally calld, may also be seen in Ratcliffe Wood. […] along Hollin Lane, where the crowstone is again largely quarried.

    1866, Memoirs, page 67

Origin

From crow + stone?

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crowstone,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crowstone.

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