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toadstone
▪ I. toadstone1 (ˈtəʊdstəʊn) [f. toad n. + stone.] A name (rendering Gr. and L. batrachītēs, or med.L. bufonītēs, crapodīnus, F. crapaudine (13th c.): cf. Ger. krötenstein), formerly applied to various stones or stone-like objects, likened to a toad in colour or shape, or supposed to be produced by ...
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Toadstone
The toadstone, also known as bufonite (from Latin , "toad"), is a mythical stone or gem that was thought to be found in the head of a toad. If a person were bitten by a venomous creature a toadstone would be touched against the affected part to effect a cure.
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Charmstone
See also
Bezoar
Madstone
Toadstone
Tongue stone
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Webb, Denzil, "Irish Charms in Northern England", Folklore, Vol. 80, No. 4 (Winter
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crapotee
† crapautee, crapotee Obs. [A deriv. of crapot, crapaud.] = crapaud 2, Toadstone.a 1440 Thomas of Erceld. i. 52 Compaste all with crapotee, Stones of Oryente, grete plente. c 1460 Emare 94 Full of Stones ther hit was pyght..Of crapowtes and nakette.
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bufonite
bufonite (ˈbjuːfəʊnaɪt) [f. L. būfo, -ōnem toad + -ite. Cf. Fr. bufonite.] = toadstone, q.v.1766 Pennant Zool. III. 164 (Jod.) These and the other grinding teeth are often found fossil, and in that state called bufonites, or toadstones. 1865 Page Handbk. Geol. Terms, Bufonite (Literally Toadstone) a...
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crapaudine
crapaudine (krapoˈdin) [F. crapaudine (= Pr. and med.L. crapaudina, orig. adj. fem.), f. crapaud toad. The Fr. word has many derived and transferred applications, a few of which have to a slight extent been used in English.] † 1. ? = toadstone. Obs.1558 Lanc. Wills I. 182 On crapadyn ij{supd}. † 2. ...
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Edward Topsell
He writes, for example, that:
True toads have a toadstone in their heads that protects people from poison.
Weasels give birth through their ears.
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Bezoar
treatment of phytobezoars
Enterolith
Fecalith
Gastrolith
Goa stone
Gorochana
List of English words of Persian origin
Regurgitalith
Snake-stones
Toadstone
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toad
▪ I. toad, n. (təʊd) Forms: α. 1 tádiᵹe, tádie. β. 1–5 tadde, (pl. 1 -an, 2–4 en, 3–7 -es). γ. ? 3, 4–6 north. tade, 5– Sc. taid, 9 north. dial. teäde, tead, ted, tyed. δ. 4–7 tode, 5–6 toode, 6 tood, 6–7 toade, 7– toad. [OE. tádiᵹe, of unknown origin and unusual form, has no cognates in the other l...
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Nicolas Sidjakov
Emperor is Napoleon,
Harlequin and Mother Goose, or, The Magic Stick, Ruth Robbins (Parnassus, 1965) – based on English Harlequinade,
A Lodestone and a Toadstone
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-ite
▪ I. -ite, suffix1 corresponding to F. -ite, L. -īta (-ītēs), ad. Gr. -ῑ́της, forming adjs. and ns. (of adj. origin) with the sense ‘(one) connected with or belonging to’, ‘a member of’, as in ὁπλίτης adj. heavy armed, n. a heavy-armed soldier (f. ὅπλα armour), πολίτης citizen (f. πόλις city). Its f...
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Saul Rose
Dansaul: Foot and Mouth (All our own work)
Eliza Carthy: Rice (Topic Records)
Random: Deviation (Wildgoose)
Laurel Swift: Beam (NECTA Arts)
Random: Toadstone
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whin
▪ I. whin1 (hwɪn) Forms: 5 quyn, qwynne, wyne, 5–7 whyn(ne, 6 whyne, Sc. quyin, 6–7 whinne, whine, Sc. quhinn(e, 7 win, whimme, (9 dial.) whim, Sc. (9 dial.) quhin, 8 (9 dial.) whinn, 8–9 Sc. and dial. whun, 6– whin. [app. orig. northern, and prob. of Scand. origin (cf. Sw. hven, early Da. hvine, hv...
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Cornelis Hayes
Stephen Vaughan made an inventory of jewels supplied by Hayes to Henry VIII, which includes 60 great pearls and 440 lesser pearls, with a crapault or toadstone
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