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What does whinstone mean?

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Noun
  1. (quarrying industry) Any hard dark-coloured rock.
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The sight that was presented to him, would have turned a hero less brave into whinstone.
Built from whinstone, with a slate roof, the pedimented front door is a particularly handsome feature.
Clackmannan, in central Scotland, was named after its own ancient stone, a small whinstone boulder that is said to have been sacred to the pre-Christian god Mannan for millenia.
The northwards path along a rocky coastline takes you to the castle, a romantic ruin where kittiwakes, cormorants and fulmars nest on whinstone cliffs.
And there were charges of thefts of a whinstone, a knife, a razor, against certain incorrigible purloiners.
The northwards path along a rocky coastline takes you to Dunstanburgh Castle, a romantic ruin where kittiwakes, cormorants and fulmars nest on whinstone cliffs.

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