potstone
a kind of soapstone, sometimes used for making pots and other household utensils.
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In Rosss time they got the necessary wood from Ugjulik, the potstone from Aivillik.
The Central Eskimo | Franz BoasConsiderable beds of pure potstone, in a somewhat foliated form, occur in the last.
The Mission to Siam, and Hu the Capital of Cochin China, in the Years 1821-2 | George FinlaysonThe bulk of the island appears to be composed of a compound rock, formed of clay-stone and potstone intermixed.
The Mission to Siam, and Hu the Capital of Cochin China, in the Years 1821-2 | George FinlaysonIt is a shallow crescent-shaped vessel of potstone, or what is called soapstone from its soapy feel.
Peter the Whaler | W.H.G. KingstonAs the district of the former is destitute of driftwood and potstone they are compelled to buy both articles from their neighbors.
The Central Eskimo | Franz Boas
British Dictionary definitions for potstone
/ (ˈpɒtˌstəʊn) /
an impure massive variety of soapstone, formerly used for making cooking vessels
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