Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A stone or cobble used as a pounding or pecking tool.
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- noun archaeology A type of
stone used tohit or strike in a similar way to a modern-dayhammer .
Etymologies
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Examples
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As we scraped and dug around the house area, fire pits emerged from under the tough grass, yielding chert flakes, an occasional hammerstone or a scraper, and one melted green glass bead no larger than a pinhead.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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As we scraped and dug around the house area, fire pits emerged from under the tough grass, yielding chert flakes, an occasional hammerstone or a scraper, and one melted green glass bead no larger than a pinhead.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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As we scraped and dug around the house area, fire pits emerged from under the tough grass, yielding chert flakes, an occasional hammerstone or a scraper, and one melted green glass bead no larger than a pinhead.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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As we scraped and dug around the house area, fire pits emerged from under the tough grass, yielding chert flakes, an occasional hammerstone or a scraper, and one melted green glass bead no larger than a pinhead.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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In his right hand, he grasps a round, smooth hammerstone as if it were a baseball.
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(Soundbite of banging) JOYCE: He swings the hammerstone and whacks the core.
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(Soundbite of banging) JOYCE: He swings the hammerstone and whacks the core.
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And my opposed thumb and wider fingertips also mean I can grip a round stone - like a hammerstone - with more control than an ape can.
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In his right hand, he grasps a round, smooth hammerstone as if it were a baseball.
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And my opposed thumb and wider fingertips also mean I can grip a round stone - like a hammerstone - with more control than an ape can.
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