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stone

British unit of mass (chiefly used to express body mass) equal to 14 pounds avoirdupois (6.35 kg).

Stone

Market town in Staffordshire, central England, on the River Trent, 11 km/7 mi north of Stafford; population (2001) 14,550. Industries include brewing and the manufacture of ceramics, glass, and footwear.

There was formerly a priory and a grammar school established in 1558.

Stone

Village in Kent, southeast England, 3 km/2 mi east of Dartford; population (2001) 6,250. Cement manufacture is the chief industry. The church of St Mary's is believed to have been built in about 1260 by the masons of Westminster Abbey. It has a tall nave and rich foliage carvings in the Early English Gothic style.
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And he used to sharpen his hoe with a carborundum stone.
Tasty way to sell gardening by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
IF you have a marble fireplace that has ugly chips or deep scratches, they can be repaired using a piece of carborundum stone, epoxy resin and vegetable dye from a builders' merchant.
Interiors : DIY - Filling chips in marble by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Similarly, the edges of hoes and spades will benefit from being sharpened to a reasonably clean edge with a file or carborundum stone.
Dig This by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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