释义 |
ˈax-stone|ˈæksstəʊn| [f. axe n.1 + stone.] A greenish variety of jade or nephrite, used, on account of its toughness, by some of the natives of South America, Polynesia, and other parts, for making their stone hatchets.
1811Pinkerton Petral. I. 348. 1816 Cleaveland Min. 273. |