Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A perforated hollowed stone at the top of a sink.
  • noun In archaeology, a stone sinker primitively used to sink lines or nets.

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Examples

  • Never laid a stone in my life 'cept one, and that was my mawther's sink-stone.

    Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon Hall Caine 1892

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