ˈax-stone
(ˈæksstəʊn)
[f. axe n.1 + stone.]
A greenish variety of jade or nephrite, used, on account of its toughness, by some of the natives of South America, Polynesia, and other parts, for making their stone hatchets.
| 1811 Pinkerton Petral. I. 348. 1816 Cleaveland Min. 273. |