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Definition of Thunderstone
1. n. A thunderbolt, -- formerly believed to be a stone.
Definition of Thunderstone
1. Noun. (archaic) A thunderbolt. ¹
2. Noun. A stone or fossil of a kind once thought to be fallen thunderbolts. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thunderstone
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Medical Definition of Thunderstone
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1. A thunderbolt, formerly believed to be a stone. "Fear no more the lightning flash, Nor the all-dreaded thunderstone." (Shak)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Thunderstone
Literary usage of Thunderstone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Science, and Annals of Astronomy, Biology, Geology by James Samuelson, William Crookes (1884)
"Now, in all these cases the speakers or writers have taken for granted that a
thunderbolt is the same as a thunderstone, viz., a material projectile ..."
2. The Journal of Science by Calcutta Asiatic Society (1884)
"thunderstone. " A stone fabulously supposed to be emitted by thunder." (2).
WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY, 1841. Thunderbolt. "A shaft of lightning; ..."
3. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania by Hilprecht. H. V. (1910)
"Strange to say that the thunderstone has not lost, even at our present time, ...
The "fate" of the "thunderstone" reads: From the Berlin Museum. ..."
4. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1903)
"That which, the Indiani call thunderstone consists of pieces of red hematite.
... The old woman refused to sell her thunderstone, declaring that she ..."
5. The Bookman (1917)
"Who are the secret minstrels that touch their craft with so subtle a sense of
all the lights and shadows of their calling — Fleet Wing, thunderstone, ..."
6. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1867)
"For they are not content with the more general term " thunderstone ;" there is
the " thunder-wedge," the " thunder- hammer," the "thunder-axe," the ..."
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