"stonelore" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: stone + lore Etymology templates: {{compound|en|stone|lore}} stone + lore Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} stonelore (uncountable)
  1. (especially fantasy) Knowledge or study of stone(s). Tags: especially, uncountable Categories (topical): Fantasy
    Sense id: en-stonelore-en-noun-QOaEWFJD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: fantasy

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          "ref": "1875, Henry Thomas Armfield, On some Ancient Boulders scattered in the District of the Colnes, page 8",
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          "ref": "2007, Harry Turtledove, Darkness Descending: A Novel of World War - And Magic, Macmillan",
          "text": "“Even you don't know what that means,” Sidroc said. “It means my brain is turning into a rock, like yours was to start with,” Ealstan said. “If the Algarvians had let you take stonelore, you would have found out for yourself.”",
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          "text": "But before he could pry the rock out of the slope, he felt Stave coming toward him. “Permit me,” the former Master offered. “There is little else that I can do to aid you. I lack the stonelore of Giants. Nor, it appears, do my senses equal yours. Yet strength I have.”",
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          "text": "“They kill us because they've got stonelore telling them at every turn that we're born evil—some kind of agents of Father Earth, monsters that barely qualify as human.” “Yes, but you can't change stonelore.” “Stonelore changes all the time,[…]”",
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