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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1658
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Top-stone, n. [17th c. Eng. top-stone (1658-9).] Only fig. A stone laid upon something to close it off, a cap-stone. — 1658 Faithful Witness-bearing Exemplified (1783) 96.
At Glasgow, the very place where the top-stone was put upon prelacy
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