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Search phrase: stone-cutter

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King LearKL II.ii.55Ay tailor, sir. A stone-cutter or a painter could notA Taylor Sir, a Stone-cutter, or a Painter, could not

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Glossary

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carbunclefiery red precious stone
carbuncledset with precious stones
cherry-pit[children's game] throwing cherry-stones into a hole
chrysolitetype of semi-precious stone
cuttercarver, sculptor, engraver
Deucalionson of Prometheus, who survived with his wife Pyrrha in an ark when Zeus flooded the world; restored humanity by throwing stones over their shoulders, which turned into people
flinttype of hard stone, flintstone
Gorgongenerally applied to Medusa, one of three monsters who had snakes in their hair, ugly faces, huge wings, and whose staring eyes could turn people to stone
gravelstones, deposits
gun-stonecannon-ball, bullet, projectile
London Stoneancient stone, possibly Roman, once a city landmark in Cannon Street, London
metamorphosedturned into stone, transformed, petrified
Orpheuslegendary Greek poet, able to charm beasts and even stones with his music
Perseusson of Zeus and Danae; advised by Athene to look at the reflection in his shield when cutting off Medusa's head, thereby avoiding being turned to stone; associated with the winged horse released by her death
philosopher's two stonestwo hypothetical means of (i) giving eternal youth and (ii) turning base metals into gold
stonemineral substance used as a mirror
stoneturn to stone, harden
stonethunderbolt
stoneprecious stone, gem
stonetesticle
stone of sulphurthunderbolt
stone-bowtype of cross-bow which shoots stones, catapult
thunder-stonethunderbolt
touchstonetype of stone used for testing the quality of a gold or silver alloy
unpavedwithout stones [testicles], castrated
whetstoneshaped stone used for sharpening [whetting] tools

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cherry-stones into a hole, throwing cherry-pit
cross-bow which shoots stonesstone-bow
precious stonestone
precious stonecarbuncle
precious stones, set with carbuncled
semi-precious stonechrysolite
set with precious stonescarbuncled
sharpening tools, stone used for whetstone
stoneLondon Stone
stoneflint
stone for testing quality of a gold or silver alloytouchstone
stone used for sharpening toolswhetstone
stone, preciouscarbuncle
stone, preciousstone
stone, semi-precious chrysolite
stone, turn toGorgon
stone, turn tostone
stone, turned intometamorphosed
stonesgravel
testing quality, stone fortouchstone
tools, stone used for sharpeningwhetstone
turned into stonemetamorphosed

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Here, there, and where
Classical mythology
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