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see quot. 1753. Obsolete.
(a) U.S. = mad-dog skullcap n.; (b) chiefly U.S., water plantain, Alisma plantago-aquatica.
A stone or similar object supposedly having the power to counteract the effect of the bite of a rabid or venomous animal (see quot. 1980).