Associations to the word «Hearthstone»
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Wiktionary
HEARTHSTONE, noun. A flat stone used to form a hearth.
HEARTHSTONE, noun. By extension: The fireside, home life.
HEARTHSTONE, noun. A soft kind of stone used to whiten door-steps, scour floors, etc.
HEARTHSTONE, verb. (transitive) To scour, as a floor, with hearthstone.
Dictionary definition
HEARTHSTONE, noun. A stone that forms a hearth.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.