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gunstone¹

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From Middle English gunneston; equivalent to gun + stone: they were originally made from stone.

noun gunstones

  1. obsolete A cannonball. And tell the pleasant prince this mock of his / Hath turn'd his balls to gunstones

Gunstone²

Where it comes from

From the Old Norse personal name Gunni + -s- + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

proper noun Gunstones

  1. countable, uncountable A hamlet near Codsall, South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8704).
  2. countable, uncountable A habitational surname.

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@misc{gunstone_2026,
  title = {gunstone},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gunstone},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}