Horn'stone` noun (Min.) A siliceous stone, a variety of quartz, closely resembling flint, but more brittle; -- called also chert . Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/62
alternative name sometimes given to chert; also applied by some to other rocks such as hornfels, which is not treated in this document. Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20132