jade-stone
Also jad-stone.
[f. jade n.2 + stone.]
= jade n.2
| 1775 in Ash. 1812 I. Milner in Life xxiv. (1842) 496 Many thanks for securing me the Turkey stone, or Jad stone. 1848 Assoc. Archit. Soc. Rep. (1850–1) I. 165 A rude Celt, formed of Jade stone. 1895 Pall Mall Mag. Feb. 277 A piece of beautifully carved, pale-green jadestone. |
| attrib. 1851 Illustr. Catal. Gt. Exhib. 1424 Nephrite or jade-stone cup. 1861 Swinhoe N. China Camp. 307 Enamelled jars, and an infinity of jadestone curiosities. |