rubstone

noun

Etymology

From rub + stone.

  1. derived from *steyh₂-✻ — “to stiffen”
  2. inherited from *stainaz✻ — “stone”
  3. inherited from *stain✻
  4. inherited from stān
  5. inherited from ston
  6. compounded as rubstone — “rub + stone”

Definitions

  1. a whetstone (stone for scouring or rubbing).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for rubstone. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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