† marm-stone Obs.
[OE. marmstán, also marmanstán, f. marm marble + stán stone.]
Marble; a block, slab, etc. of marble.
| 971 Blickl. Hom. 203 Beforan ðære norðdura þære ciricean on þæm marmanstane. c 1000 ælfric Saints' Lives xxxi. 1128 Þa afylde sum cnapa þæt fæt unwærlice uppon þone marm-stan. c 1205 Lay. 1138 [A temple] imaked of marme stæne [later text marbre stone]. Ibid. 1317, 32097. |