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flagstone: see silt silt, predominantly quartz mineral particles that are between sand size and clay size, i.e., between 1-16 and 1-256 mm ( 1-406 – 1-6502 in.) in diameter. Silt, like clay and sand, is a product of the weathering and decomposition of preexisting rock. ..... Click the link for more information. . flagstone, flag a hard fine-textured rock, such as a sandstone or shale, that can be split up into slabs for paving flagstone [′flag‚stōn] (geology) A hard, thin-bedded sandstone, firm shale, or other rock that splits easily along bedding planes or joints into flat slabs. A piece of flagstone used for making pavement or covering the side of a house. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Ten men would have found difficulty in moving that tub, but by some mechanical contrivance it had turned with the flagstone on which it rested. The cradle-rockers had done hard duty for so many years, under the weight of so many children, on that flagstone floor, that they were worn nearly flat, in consequence of which a huge jerk accompanied each swing of the cot, flinging the baby from side to side like a weaver's shuttle, as Mrs Durbeyfield, excited by her song, trod the rocker with all the spring that was left in her after a long day's seething in the suds. "Yes," said Lakor, "no amount of fighting ability would have saved him from the pivoted flagstone. |
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