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noun
A small stone, once believed to be a jewel embedded in the head of a toad, worn as an amulet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A soft, earthy variety of trap-rock of a brownish-grey colour, looking like an argillaceous deposit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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History
From toad + stone.
Across languages
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