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Definition of Snakestones

Snakestone
Snakestone Snake"stone`, n. 1. A kind of hone slate or whetstone obtained in Scotland. 2. (Paleon.) An ammonite; -- so called from its form, which resembles that of a coiled snake.

Meaning of Snakestones from wikipedia

- An adder stone is a type of stone, usually gl****y, with a naturally occurring hole through it. Such stones, which usually consist of flint, have been discovered...
- Jur****ic rocks of Europe. Carved serpenticones fulfill the role of the "snakestones" in medieval folklore. SpheroconeModerately involute and quite broad...
- improve sales. Since 1935, the Whitby Coat of Arms incorporates three snakestones due to this folklore. The Hildoceras genus of ammonite is named in St...
- miracle. The coat of arms of nearby Whitby actually include three such 'snakestones'. Leyland, John (1892). The Yorkshire Coast and the Cleveland Hills and...
- University of America Press, pp. 46-50. See; Baldwin, M (1995). "The snakestone experiments: an early modern medical debate". Isis. 86 (3): 394–418. doi:10...
- from St. Hilda. The coat of arms of nearby Whitby includes three such 'snakestones', and depictions of ammonites appear in the shield of the University...
- ended in 1966, due to serious injuries from a fall on a chance ride on Snakestone at Wolverhampton where he sustained multiple fractures, a collapsed lung...
- southwest. Snakestones (also Serpentstones), fossilised ammonites were thought to be petrified coiled snakes, and were called snakestones. They were considered...
- stones have been categorized with "Devil's toenails" (Gryphaea s****), "snakestones" (ammonites), "St Peter's fingers" or "Devil's fingers" or "thunderbolts"...
- redecorated it with marble, alabaster, colourful ores such as mundic and snakestones, stalactites, crystals, and diamonds from Bristol and Cornwall, much...