hearthstone

/ˈhɑɹθstoʊn/

Etymology

From hearth + stone.

noun

  1. A flat stone used to form a hearth.“I took a seat at the end of the hearthstone opposite that towards which my landlord advanced […].”
  2. The fireside, home life.“I am going to my own hearth-stone, / Bosomed in yon green hills alone,”
  3. A soft kind of stone used to whiten doorsteps, scour floors, etc.“Lastly, there is the hearth-stone barrow, piled up with hearth-stone, Bath-brick and lumps of whiting”

verb

  1. To scour, as a floor, with hearthstone.“We've a woman come in twice a week, to scrub, and red-brick, and hearthstone, and black-lead, and the rest we manage ourselves.”