toadstone noun¹. ['tǝʊdstǝʊn] M16.
[from TOAD + STONE noun, translating Latin batrachites, Greek batrakhitēs or medieval Latin bufonitis, crapaudinus, French crapaudine. Cf. BUFONITE, CRAPAUDINE.]
A stone or stonelike object, esp. a fossil fish tooth, supposed to have been formed in the head or body of a toad, formerly used as an amulet etc. and credited with therapeutic or protective properties.

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toadstone noun². ['tǝʊdstǝʊn] local. L18.
[Perh. repr. German to(d)tes Gestein dead rock.]
A dark brownish-grey vesicular basalt, occurring in the metalliferous limestone area of Derbyshire, England.

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