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Webster 1913 Edition


Tombstone

Tomb′stoneˊ

(toōm′stōnˊ)
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Noun.
A stone or small stone monument erected over a grave, bearing the name of the dead person interred there, to preserve the memory of the deceased.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tombstone

TOMBSTONE

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Noun.
[tomb and stone.] A stone erected over a grave, to preserve the memory of the deceased; a monument.