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ˈpaving-stone
A stone prepared for paving.
c1440Promp. Parv. 386/2 Pavynge stone, or pathynge stone, petalum. 1520in Gross Gild Merch. II. 122 Morters of Marbill et Pavyngstonys of marbyll. 1563Shute Archit. B j b, Couered the basket with a square pauing stone. 1802M. Edgeworth Irish Bulls viii. 190 One of the combatants threw a small paving-stone at his opponent. 1884J. Tait Mind in Matter (1892) 34 In tearing up the foundations of human belief, idealists have prepared paving-stones as missiles of anarchy and bloodshed. |
