adder stone

短语

发音

AU

词形变化

adder stones 复数 adder stones

别名

adderstone adder-stone

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A stone of varying forms and usually glassy with a naturally formed hole, which is often used as an amulet or bead.

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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