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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Any kind of path or road paved with small round stones.
  • noun In architecture, the brick or stone wall or lining of a well or cesspool, the use of which is to prevent the irruption of the surrounding soil. Also steining.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A lining made of brick, stone, or other hard material, as for a well.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The hard lining of a well.

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  • Also steining.

    August 13, 2021