ringstone

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noun

A carved, contoured, donut-shaped stone object in early Indian art.

Scrabble 10

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nounringstone (plural ringstones)

plural ringstones

  1. artA carved, contoured, donut-shaped stone object in early Indian art.
  2. 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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