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noun
A small ledge jutting out of the chimney of a house, chiefly in Jersey or Guernsey, originally to stop rain seeping under the joins in a thatched roof, and later reinterpreted in folklore as a place for witches to rest.
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noun
An adder stone, a stone with a (natural) hole in it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: witch stone
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noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see witch, stone.
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