snakestone
English
Etymology
snake + stone
Noun
snakestone (countable and uncountable, plural snakestones)
- A kind of hone slate or whetstone obtained in Scotland.
- (paleontology) An ammonite (because of its coiled form).
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for snakestone in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)