hearthstone

hearthstone
1. noun
a) A flat stone used to form a hearth.

I am going to my own hearth-stone, / Bosomed in yon green hills alone,

b) By extension: The fireside, home life.

The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearth-stone, all over this broad land

2. verb
To scour, as a floor, with hearthstone.

Weve a woman come in twice a week, to scrub, and red-brick, and hearthstone, and black-lead, and the rest we manage ourselves.


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