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portland stone

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portland stone [¦pȯrt·lənd ′stōn]
(materials)
A type of oolitic limestone that consists of fossils cemented together with lime; found only on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England.
portland stone, Portland limestone
An oölitic limestone which is quarried on the Isle of Portland, off the coast of England; widely used as a building stone in London.
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Her eyes and hair were hazel-nut color; and her teeth, the upper row of which she displayed freely, were like fine Portland stone, and sloped outward enough to have spoilt her mouth, had they not been supported by a rich under lip, and a finely curved, impudent chin.
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