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Various substances formerly held as antidotes: spec. Alleged stones or concretions of various kinds. (Usually due to ignorance of the origin of…
A porous or absorbent substance regarded as efficacious in curing snakebite or as a remedy against poison; a serpent-stone.
An artificial ‘stone’ used as a remedy for the poison of serpents. Also = bezoar, n. 2a.