Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
stinkstone .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) See
stinkstone .
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- noun mineralogy
stinkstone
Etymologies
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Examples
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We cannot yet decide, whether the swinestone acts as a hydrosulphuret, or by means of a bituminous principle.
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They are mixed with fibrous sulphuret of iron, * and nodules of swinestone, or fetid carbonate of lime.
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They are mixed with fibrous sulphuret of iron, * (* Haarkies.) and nodules of swinestone, or fetid carbonate of lime.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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We cannot yet decide, whether the swinestone acts as a hydrosulphuret, or by means of a bituminous principle.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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