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Purbeck
Purbeck may refer to:
- Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula in the English county of Dorset
- Purbeck District, a local government district in the English county of Dorset
- Purbeck Hills, a range of hills in the English county of Dorset
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Purbeck stone
- Purbeck Marble, a stone found on the Isle of Purbeck
- Purbeck Ball Clay, a ball clay found on the Isle of Purbeck
- Purbeck Group, a sequence of rock strata
Usage examples of "purbeck".
The flags themselves were being ground on the staging in groups of six, with four powerful seamen heaving the double-weighted bear to and fro with a fifth standing on it, laughing, sprinkling Purbeck grit and directing the jet of water while two hundred years of patina ran away down a neat channel into Jack's asparagus bed.