rubbing-stone

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noun In building, a gritstone for polishing or erasing the toolmarks on a stone, or on which bricks for gaged work, after they have been rough-shaped by the ax, are rubbed smooth.

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A little earthen brazier for heating and cooking, a stone _metate_, a rubbing-stone for grinding corn-meal, a table heaped with bundles and boxes containing the family clothing, and a chair were all.

In Indian Mexico (1908) Frederick Starr 1895
Ditto, or rubbing-stone, used in connection with fine metates for for grinding corn meal.

Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Pueblos of Zuñi, New Mexico, and Wolpi, Arizona, in 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 511-594 James Stevenson 1864
The ground was quite bare, and had the appearance of being much trampled, as if it was a favourite resort -- in fact, a "rubbing-stone" for the yaks.

The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains Mayne Reid 1850