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plural drystones
(geology) A stalactite or stalagmite.
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Alternative spelling of dry-stone quotations examples
They drove on, every rise in the road lifting their sightline clear of the drystone dykes along the roadside, gifting glimpses of the firth and the islands, the blue peaks of Arran.
2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 440
He had forgotten that on this side there was a drystone wall sheep pen.
2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 597