witches' stone

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see witch, stone.

词形变化

witches' stones plural
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