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adder stones

adder stones is the plural of adder stone.

Meaning of adder stone

Noun

adder stone (plural adder stones)

  1. A stone of varying forms and usually glassy with a naturally formed hole, which is often used as an amulet or bead.
    • Adder stones are supposed to be efficacious against disease of cattle.1918, Astra Cielo, Signs, Omens and Superstitions, New York, N.Y.: George Sully and Company, →OCLC, page 63
    Synonyms:
    adder bead, hag stone, self-bored stone, serpent's egg, snake's egg, snakestone, witch stone

Questions about adder stones

What is adder stones the plural of?
Adder stones is the plural of adder stone.

Words near adder stones in the dictionary

  1. adder flies
  2. adder fly
  3. adder mouth
  4. adder mouths
  5. adder stone
  6. adder stones
  7. adder's fern
  8. adder's grass
  9. adder's mouth
  10. adder's tongue
  11. adder's tongues

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