Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A smooth stone found among American prehistoric remains. It was probably used as a sinker or plummet for fishing.
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Examples
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The wonderful properties of the medicine-stone operated to keep the man a man.
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 3) James Athearn Jones
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Lake of the Woods, and brought away the great white _memahoppa_, or medicine-stone, which has ever since remained with the Crees.
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 3) James Athearn Jones
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