Jade-stone

Also jad-stone. [f. JADE sb.² + STONE.] = JADE sb.²

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1775. in Ash.

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1812. I. Milner, in Life, xxiv. (1842), II. 496. Many thanks for securing me the Turkey stone, or Jad stone.

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1848. Assoc. Archit. Soc. Rep. (1850–1), I. 165. A rude Celt, formed of Jade stone.

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1895. Pall Mall Mag., Feb., 277. A piece of beautifully carved, pale-green jadestone.

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attrib. 1851. Instr. Catal. Gt. Exhib., 1424. Nephrite or jade-stone cup.

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1861. Swinhoe, N. China Camp., 307. Enamelled jars, and an infinity of jade-stone curiosities.

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