toadstone

Toadstones from Jurassic sediments in Oxfordshire UK

Meaning

Noun

  • A small stone, once believed to be a jewel embedded in the head of a toad, worn as an amulet.
  • A soft, earthy variety of trap-rock of a brownish-grey colour, looking like an argillaceous deposit.

Origin

  • toad + stone

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