Dictionary

slickstone en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈslɪkˌstəʊn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈslɪkˌstoʊn/ (General-American)

Etymology

A variant of sleekstone; equivalent to slick + stone.

Meanings

1. Synonym of sleekstone.
   • Take a Sheet of Lead, and have a piece of Lead made like a Slickſtone; then betvveen them tvvo grind vvhite Lead and Sallet-Oil till 'tis very fine, put it in a Gallipot for uſe. 1729, E[liza] S[mith], “Medicines and Salves. [Another for the Same [Piles]]”, in The Compleat Housewife: Or, Accomplished Gentlewoman’s Companion: […], 3rd edition, London: […] J[ohn] Pemberton, […], →OCLC, page 286:
   • Fig. 133 represents a white marble slickstone or smoothing implement of altogether different pattern from any previously described[…] 1881, Charles Conrad Abbott, Primitive Industry: Or, Illustrations of the Handiwork, in Stone, Bone and Clay […] , Salem, Mass.: George A. Bates, page 144:
   • Rounded stone and glass objects with fine radiating scratches on one surface represent the slickstones that were used in garment-making and laundry, to smooth the cloth and to press seams and pleats. 2020 January 31, Penelope Walton Rogers, “Textile networks in Viking-age towns of Britain and Ireland”, in Stephen P. Ashby, Søren Sindbæk, editors, Crafts and Social Networks in Viking Towns, →ISBN, page 101:

Forms

Synonyms

sleekstone