witches' stone

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词形变化

witches' stones 复数 witches' stones

释义与例句

n.
  1. 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.

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  2. 2.

    An adder stone, a stone with a (natural) hole in it.

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  3. 3.

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