"gunstone" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English gunneston; equivalent to gun + stone: they were originally made from stone.",
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      "form": "gunstones",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "c. 1599, William Shakespeare, Henry V, act 1, scene 2:",
          "text": "And tell the pleasant prince this mock of his / Hath turn'd his balls to gunstones",
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          "ref": "2003, Patrick W. Montague-Smith, Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, page 911:",
          "text": "[...] sable supporting with the forelegs a lance argent flying therefrom a forked pennon per fess gules and argent. Supporters – Dexter, a sea-horse per fess argent and vert gorged with a mural crown vert pendent therefrom a gunstone[…]",
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        "A cannonball."
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        "(obsolete) A cannonball."
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  "word": "gunstone"
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        "A cannonball."
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        "(obsolete) A cannonball."
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