Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A variety of argillaceous oxid of iron, found in masses varying from the size of a walnut to that of a man's head.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A concretionary nodule of clay ironstone, of the size of a walnut or larger, so called by the ancients, who believed that the eagle transported these stones to her nest to facilitate the laying of her eggs; aëtites.
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- noun mineralogy A
concretionary nodule ofclay ironstone .
Etymologies
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eagle + stone: the ancients believed that the eagle transported these stones to its nest to facilitate egg-laying.
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