adder stone

Senso (Inglese)

A stone of varying forms and usually glassy with a naturally formed hole, which is often used as an amulet or bead.

sinonimi

snakestone

snake stone

adderstone

Traduzioni

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Con il trattino come

ad‧der

Etimologia (Inglese)

From adder + stone. The word is attested since the late 16th century, its earliest use being found in a work by Arthur Golding (c. 1536 – 1606). The perforation was imagined to be made by the sting of an adder.