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adderstone

adderstone is the alternative form 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

Proper noun capitalized: Adderstone

Adderstone

  1. A scattered settlement in Adderstone with Lucker parish, in northern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU1330).

Forms of adderstone

pluraladderstones

Phrases with adderstone

Questions about adderstone

What does adderstone mean?
Adderstone means a scattered settlement in Adderstone with Lucker parish, in northern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU1330).
What is adderstone the alternative form of?
Adderstone is the alternative form of adder stone.
What part of speech is adderstone?
Adderstone is a proper noun.

Words near adderstone in the dictionary

  1. Adderlys
  2. adders
  3. addersmeat
  4. addersmeats
  5. Adderson
  6. adderstone
  7. Adderstone with Lucker
  8. adderstones
  9. adderwort
  10. adderworts
  11. addes

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