E. Cobham Brewer 18101897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
A species of limestone, used for building, and found in the
Lower Oolite, in Wiltshire and Somersetshire. It is easily
wrought in the quarry, but hardens on exposure to the air.
Called Bath stone because several of the quarries are near Bath,
in Somersetshire.