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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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PAVEMENT-STONE, n.comb. One of the stones in the first or ground-level course in a building, a ground-wa-stane, s.v. Grund.Sc. a.1845 Edom o' Gordon in Child Ballads No. 178 F. v.:
Yon man has lifted the pavement-stone, An let in the low unto me.