Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A soft decomposed limestone, used in powder form as a polishing material.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To polish with rottenstone.
- noun An argillaceous or silicious limestone which by weathering has become soft and friable, the calcareous part having been wholly or in part removed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun geology A soft, friable
limestone , used inpolishes
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered form it is used in polishing
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Examples
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So I mixed a slurry of rottenstone pumice and oil and laid it in the receiver rails with a Q-tip and began hand cycling the bolt.
The Gun Nut Survey: A highly biased, unofficial poll of 2,000 readers on all things shooting 2006
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Abrasives are also used by themselves—rottenstone, whiting, and pumice, for example.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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Abrasives are also used by themselves—rottenstone, whiting, and pumice, for example.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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Abrasives are also used by themselves—rottenstone, whiting, and pumice, for example.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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Abrasives are also used by themselves—rottenstone, whiting, and pumice, for example.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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Iron peroxide, 15 parts; Powdered rottenstone, 20 parts; Palm oil, 60 parts; Petrolatum, 4 parts.
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Barkham Burroughs
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Bath brick or rottenstone may be used for polishing.
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Barkham Burroughs
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The smoothing is done with a lead lap and fine emery, and the polishing may be accomplished by means of a lead lap, whose surface is hacked and supplied with rottenstone and water.
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Pulverize the oxalic acid and add rouge and rottenstone, mixing thoroughly, and sift to remove all grit; then add gradually the palm oil and petrolatum, incorporating thoroughly.
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Barkham Burroughs
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Tripoli and rottenstone are light, porous, siliceous rocks which have resulted from the leaching of calcareous materials from various siliceous limestones or calcareous cherts in the process of weathering.
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