Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A stone on which lead ore is broken, cobbed, or bucked; sometimes, also, an iron block so used.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Mining) A block upon which ore is broken up.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun mining A block upon which ore is broken up.

Etymologies

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knock +‎ stone

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