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  • noun Plural form of hearthstone.

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Examples

  • The two of them, she and Enid, had been seated by the Lady Enid2s antique dresser, ridiculing the failed suit of Gabriel Androctus, whom Enid had described as having 3all the glamor of an undertaker. 4 It was then that a clouda darkness of some sortsettled on the hearthstones and blotted out the light of the fire.

    Virginity Sydney Kilgore 2010

  • Some villages were gone entirely, with nothing to show they had been there but hearthstones and the village well.

    Tran Siberian Michael J. Solender 2010

  •  Just like Shoe Number 94, the cobalt blue strappy flat she left on the hearthstones of a man's fireplace.

    The Other Shoe 2010

  •  Just like Shoe Number 94, the cobalt blue strappy flat she left on the hearthstones of a man's fireplace.

    The Other Shoe 2010

  • “He is a poor patriot whose patriotism does not enable him to understand how all men everywhere feel about their altars and their hearthstones, their flag and their fatherland.”

    Patriotism « Lab Kat 2008

  • As she turned it, there was a groan from deep within the floor of the cottage, a settling of the hearthstones, a sigh from the ceiling rafters.

    The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009

  • As she turned it, there was a groan from deep within the floor of the cottage, a settling of the hearthstones, a sigh from the ceiling rafters.

    The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009

  • As she turned it, there was a groan from deep within the floor of the cottage, a settling of the hearthstones, a sigh from the ceiling rafters.

    The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009

  • In the former case, bottles generally were buried beneath thresholds or hearthstones or within the confines of structures.

    An American Witch Bottle 2009

  • As she turned it, there was a groan from deep within the floor of the cottage, a settling of the hearthstones, a sigh from the ceiling rafters.

    The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 2009

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