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ˈgrape-stone
[f. grape n.1 + stone.]
1. The seed of a grape.
1589Rider Eng.-Lat. Dict. 678/16 A Grape stone, or kernell in grapes, vinacea. a1627Middleton & Rowley Changeling iii. iii. 45 There's a spider in the cup! no, 'tis but a grape-stone. 1656Cowley Misc., Elegy Anacreon (1669) 41 In Deaths Hand the Grape-stone proves As strong as Thunder is in Joves. 1703Prior Ode to Col. Villiers 54 A Fly, a Grape-stone, or a Hair can kill.
2. Min. Occas. used for botryolite.
1860Nicholson's Jrnl. XXVI. 273 On the Botryolite, or Grapestone. |