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English Dictionary: Steppingstone by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stepping-stone \Step"ping-stone`\, n.
      1. A stone to raise the feet above the surface of water or
            mud in walking.
  
      2. Fig.: A means of progress or advancement.
  
                     These obstacles his genius had turned into
                     stepping-stones.                                 --Macaulay.
  
                     That men may rise on stepping-stones Of their dead
                     selves to higher things.                     --Tennyson.
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