Definition of Toadstones

1. Noun. (plural of toadstone) ¹

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Definition of Toadstones

1. toadstone [n] - See also: toadstone

Lexicographical Neighbors of Toadstones

toadish
toadless
toadlet
toadlets
toadlike
toadly
toadrush
toads
toads in the hole
toadshade
toadskin
toadskins
toadsticker
toadstickers
toadstone
toadstones (current term)
toadstool
toadstools
toadying
toadyish
toadyism
toadyisms
toast
toast mistress
toast of the town
toast rack
toast racks
toastable
toastcrumb

Literary usage of Toadstones

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. General View of the Agriculture and Minerals of Derbyshire: With by John Farey (1811)
"Besides the toadstones (which in some instances assume the consistence of Clay), each Limestone Rock has in it, wai/boards, thin strata or partings of ..."

2. General View of the Agriculture and Minerals of Derbyshire: With by Great Britain Board of Agriculture, John Farey (1815)
"... and in others, as much thinner than usual; but in no place could I find, that the three toadstones were wanting entirely, in their proper places; ..."

3. A Treatise on Ore Deposits by John Arthur Phillips (1884)
"The igneous rocks, toadstones, are sometimes dense, hard traps, while at others, though originally vesicular, the vesicles may be now filled by various ..."

4. A Sketch of the Geology of Fife and the Lothians, Including Detailed by Charles Maclaren (1839)
"Some English geologists think that the toadstones of Derbyshire form entire strata under the coal, (See the 2d Section in Conybeare and Phillips' work. ..."

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