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Webster 1913 Edition


Thunderstone

Thun′der-stoneˊ

,
Noun.
1.
A thunderbolt, – formerly believed to be a stone.
Fear no more the lightning flash,
Nor the all-dreaded
thunderstone
.
Shakespeare
2.
(Paleon.)
A belemnite. See
Belemnite
.

Definition 2024


thunderstone

thunderstone

English

Noun

thunderstone (plural thunderstones)

  1. (archaic) A thunderbolt.
  2. A stone or fossil of a kind once thought to be fallen thunderbolts.

References

  • thunderstone in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913