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witches' stones

witches' stones is the plural of witches' stone.

Meaning of witches' stone

Noun

witches' stone (plural witches' stones)

  1. A small ledge jutting out of the chimney of a house, chiefly in Jersey or Guernsey, originally to stop rain seeping under the joins in a thatched roof, and later reinterpreted in folklore as a place for witches to rest.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:witches' stone.
  2. An adder stone, a stone with a (natural) hole in it.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:witches' stone.
    Synonyms:
    witch stone
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see witch, stone.

Questions about witches' stones

What is witches' stones the plural of?
Witches' stones is the plural of witches' stone.

Words near witches' stones in the dictionary

  1. witches' Sabbath
  2. witches' Sabbaths
  3. witches' Sabbats
  4. witches' stairs
  5. witches' stone
  6. witches' stones
  7. witches' thimbles
  8. witcheties
  9. witchetties
  10. witchetty
  11. witchetty grub

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