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- noun Plural form of
buhrstone .
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Examples
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All seed-eating birds are also gravel-eaters; and the pebbles and gravel they eat are mostly silex, or the material from which our best buhrstones are made.
Life: Its True Genesis R. W. Wright
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These pass into the gizzard, or pyloric division of the bird's stomach, where they are utilized, the same as we utilize our buhrstones.
Life: Its True Genesis R. W. Wright
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_Millstones and buhrstones_, used for grinding cereals, paint ores, cement rock, fertilizers, etc., are produced chiefly in New York and Virginia; partly because of trade prejudice and tradition, about a third of the American requirements are imported from France, Belgium, and Germany.
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The county of Montgomery, Prof. Emmons says, can furnish buhrstones of the best quality, enough to supply the whole country.
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