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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STEPPING-STONE

n.A stone to raise the feet above the dirt and mud in walking.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

STEPPING-STONE

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.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

stepping-stone

st é pping-st ò ne 名詞 C 1 【昇進 出世などへの 】踏み台 ; 手段, 方法 «to » .2 踏み石, 飛び石 .