Meanings
plural ringstones
- artA carved, contoured, donut-shaped stone object in early Indian art.
- A gemstone for use in an ornamental ring.
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This involves some of the intaglios or incised ringstones of the Roman soldiers, with a variety of designs from the head of Jupiter on something the size of your forefinger nail, to the multi-tasking dancing girl, who is certainly swinging her skirts but also playing the pipes at the same time and on a semi-precious cornelian stone of a beautiful blue.
2019 August 21, “Districts”, in Border Telegraph, Galashiels, Scottish Borders, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 25, column 1
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