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whinstone

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whinstone whin

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
whinstone/ˈwɪnstəʊn/

▶noun another term for whin2.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
whin1

▶noun chiefly N. English furze; gorse.

– origin ME: prob. of Scand. origin.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
whin2 (also whinstone)

▶noun Brit. hard, dark basaltic rock.

– origin ME: of unknown origin.

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