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Webster 1913 Edition


Snakestone

Snake′stoneˊ

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Noun.
1.
A kind of hone slate or whetstone obtained in Scotland.
2.
(Paleon.)
An ammonite; – so called from its form, which resembles that of a coiled snake.

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snakestone

snakestone

English

Noun

snakestone (countable and uncountable, plural snakestones)

  1. A kind of hone slate or whetstone obtained in Scotland.
  2. (paleontology) An ammonite (because of its coiled form).