| 单词 | eagle-stone | 
| 释义 | eagle-stonen. Now historical.   A hollow nodule or pebble of hydrated iron oxide containing a loose kernel that makes a noise when rattled, often regarded as having medicinal and magical properties; = aetites n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > stones associated with animals > 			[noun]		 > eagle-stone achatea1398 echitesa1398 perdicle1440 aetitesa1500 eagle-stone1601 1601    P. Holland tr.  Pliny Hist. World II. 590  				The Ægle-stones called Aëtites..it is said that..without them the Ægles cannot hatch. 1686    London Gaz. No. 2126/4  				An Eagle Stone, tied up in a piece of black Ribon..lost the 29th Instant. 1753    Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Ætites  				The finest and most valued of all the eagle-stones, are accidental states of one or other of our common pebbles. 1796    J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. 		(new ed.)	 II. 16  				Norway produces crystals..thunder stones, and eagle-stones. 1819    W. Dickinson Mortimer's Gen. Commerc. Dict. 		(ed. 2)	 14/2  				Ætites, Eagle-stone, a flinty or crustated stone, hollow, and containing a nucleus, which, on shaking, rattles within. 1879    New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon at Aetites  				The eagle-stone; a stone, hollow and containing another substance within it; the..shell of clay-iron stone; the..nucleus, of variable composition. 1913    G. F. Kunz Curious Lore Precious Stones ii. 34  				[Other stones] owed their names to some legend or myth illustrating their fancied therapeutic virtues, as in the case of the ætites (eagle-stone) said to be found in the eagle's nest. 2010    Traditio 65 202  				The eagle stone, when worn by a pregnant woman, was supposed to protect her against miscarriage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < | 
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