Through-stone

or Throw stone, O. E. (variously spelt, derived from Anglo-Saxon, thruh, a coffin.) A flat grave-stone. Parker gives in his “Glo ary” the following quotation:— “Over the midst of the said vault did lie a fair throw stone , and at each either side of the stone it was open, through which were cast the bones of the monks whose graves were opened for other monks to lie in; which vault was made to be a charnel-house to put dead men’s bones in.” ( Ancient Rites of Durham. ) IMG:6949005855195395773_fig_652.jpg: Fig. 652. Thurible. An Arabic incense-burner in bra , inlaid with silver.