serpentine stone
[= med.L. lapis serpentīnus, rendering Gr. λίθος ὀϕίτης: cf. ophite1.]
= serpentine n. 3.
| 1662 Merrett Neri's Art of Glass 259 This stone most commonly partakes of a light Green, like the Serpentine stone. 1726 Leoni Alberti's Archit. I. 33/1 The green, or Serpentine-stone mightily resists the Fire. |