English Explanatory Dictionary

snakestone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of hone slate or whetstone obtained in Scotland.
  2. An ammonite (because of its coiled form).
  3. A usually porous substance made from charred bones, earth, etc. and believed to cure snakebites.

Word forms

snakestone snakestones

Etymology

From snake + stone.

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