adder stone

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.

词形变化

adder stones plural adder-stone alternative adderstone alternative

词源

From adder + stone. The word is attested since the late 16th century, its earliest use being found in a work by Arthur Golding (c. 1536 – 1606). The perforation was imagined to be made by the sting of an adder.
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