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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SNAKESTONE

SNAKESTONE Snake "stone `, n.

 

1. A kind of hone slate or whetstone obtained in Scotland.

 

2. (Paleon.)

 

Defn: An ammonite; -- so called from its form, which resembles that of a coiled snake.