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"in order to",
"in order to"
],
[
"leave",
"leave"
],
[
"visible",
"visible"
],
[
"trace",
"trace"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1950 January, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 12",
"text": "\"Expectation of life\" is an elastic term: the touchstone here is rather the aggregate amount of work that the locomotive does during its working life.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2012, Ann Baynes Coiro, Thomas Fulton, Rethinking Historicism from Shakespeare to Milton, page 243",
"text": "In the print firestorm that followed the publication of the royal couple's letters, the generalissima was one polemical touchstone. The Annotations to The Kings Cabinet Opened itself depicted the queen as an enemy to king and country: […]",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A standard of comparison or evaluation."
],
"links": [
[
"comparison",
"comparison"
],
[
"evaluation",
"evaluation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative, by extension) A standard of comparison or evaluation."
],
"tags": [
"broadly",
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈtʌt͡ʃstəʊn/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-touchstone.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a1/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-touchstone.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-touchstone.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a1/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-touchstone.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-touchstone.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "miḥakk",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "مِحَكّ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pʿorjakʿar",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"word": "փորձաքար"
},
{
"code": "xcl",
"lang": "Old Armenian",
"roman": "smpatak",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"word": "սմպատակ"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"word": "froga-harri"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "proben kamǎk",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пробен камък"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hmatkyauk",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"word": "မှတ်ကျောက်"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pedra de toc"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"word": "試金石"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shìjīnshí",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"word": "试金石"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prubířský kámen"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"word": "prøvesten"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "toetssteen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"word": "koetinkivi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "touchau"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pedra de toque"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Prüfstein"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Probierstein"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "lydía líthos",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"word": "λυδία λίθος"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "kasauṭī",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "कसौटी"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "nikaṣ",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "निकष"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "nikṣaṇ",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "निकषण"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "paras",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "परस"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "pāras",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "पारस"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "śān",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "शान"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sān",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "सान"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sparśamṇi",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "स्पर्शमणि"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"word": "próbakő"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prófsteinn"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"word": "pietra di paragone"
},
{
"alt": "しきんせき",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shikin seki",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"word": "試金石"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sigeumseok",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"word": "시금석"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"word": "prøvestein"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"word": "prøvestein"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "mehenk",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"word": "مهنك"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"word": "سنگ محک"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kamień probierczy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pedra de toque"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "probírnyj kámenʹ",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "проби́рный ка́мень"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пробни камен"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "probni kamen"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "piedra de toque"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "toque"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "probersten"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "prövosten"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"word": "denek taşı"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"word": "mihenk"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"word": "mihenk taşı"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "probirnyj kaminʹ",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пробірний камінь"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "evn-boykhn",
"sense": "stone used to test the quality of gold alloys",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "אבֿן־בוחן"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "čʿapʿaniš",
"sense": "standard of comparison or evaluation",
"word": "չափանիշ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pʿorjakʿar",
"sense": "standard of comparison or evaluation",
"word": "փորձաքար"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kriterij",
"sense": "standard of comparison or evaluation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "критерий"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "standard of comparison or evaluation",
"word": "試金石"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shìjīnshí",
"sense": "standard of comparison or evaluation",
"word": "试金石"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "standard of comparison or evaluation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "maatstaf"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "standard of comparison or evaluation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "toetssteen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "standard of comparison or evaluation",
"word": "koetinkivi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "standard of comparison or evaluation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pierre de touche"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "standard of comparison or evaluation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pedra de toque"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "standard of comparison or evaluation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Prüfstein"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "māndaṇḍ",
"sense": "standard of comparison or evaluation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "मानदंड"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "paimānā",
"sense": "standard of comparison or evaluation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "पैमाना"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "parīkṣā",
"sense": "standard of comparison or evaluation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "परीक्षा"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "kasauṭī",
"sense": "standard of comparison or evaluation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "कसौटी"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "nikṣaṇ",
"sense": "standard of comparison or evaluation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "निकषण"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "standard of comparison or evaluation",
"word": "ismérv"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "standard of comparison or evaluation",
"word": "kritérium"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "standard of comparison or evaluation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pietra di paragone"
},
{
"alt": "しきんせき",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shikin seki",
"sense": "standard of comparison or evaluation",
"word": "試金石"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gijun",
"sense": "standard of comparison or evaluation",
"word": "기준"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "standard of comparison or evaluation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "probierz"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "standard of comparison or evaluation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pedra de toque"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "standard of comparison or evaluation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "norma"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "standard of comparison or evaluation",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "prövosten"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "standard of comparison or evaluation",
"word": "denek taşı"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "standard of comparison or evaluation",
"word": "mihenk"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "standard of comparison or evaluation",
"word": "mihenk taşı"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Touchstone (assaying tool)"
],
"word": "touchstone"
}
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