"firestone" meaning in English

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        "Iron pyrite, formerly used for striking fire."
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        "A flint."
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        "A stone which will bear the heat of a furnace without injury; especially applied to the sandstone at the top of the upper greensand in the south of England, used for lining kilns and furnaces."
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