单词 | swallow-stone |
释义 | > as lemmasswallow-stone swallow-stone n. [translating Latin chelidonius lapillus Pliny] a stone fabled to be brought from the sea-shore by swallows to give sight to their young. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > mythical stone swallow-stone1586 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > [noun] > a rock > fabled stone swallow-stone1586 1586 T. Bright Treat. Melancholie xxxix. 264 The Chalydony, or swallow stone, found in the mawes of young swallowes. 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 258 Chelidonius, Swallow-stone. < as lemmas |
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