grape-stonen.
1. The seed of a grape.
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1589 J. Rider Bibliotheca Scholastica 678 A Grape stone, or kernell in grapes, vinacea.
a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Changeling (1653) iii. sig. D4v There's a Spider in the cup: No, tis but a Grape-stone.
1656 A. Cowley Misc. 41 in Poems In Deaths Hand the Grape-stone proves As strong as Thunder is in Joves.
1703 M. Prior Ode to Col. Villiers 54 A Fly, a Grape-stone, or a Hair can kill.
2. Mineralogy. Occasionally used for botryolite n.
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1810 Nicholson's Jrnl. 26 273 On the Botryolite, or Grapestone.
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