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Definition of Toadstones
1. toadstone [n] - See also: toadstone
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toadstones
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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