"witches' stone" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: witches' stones [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} witches' stone (plural witches' stones)
  1. A small ledge jutting out of the chimney of a house, chiefly in Jersey or Guernsey, originally to stop rain seeping under the joins in a thatched roof, and later reinterpreted in folklore as a place for witches to rest.
    Sense id: en-witches'_stone-en-noun-uUZe7mWi
  2. An adder stone, a stone with a (natural) hole in it. Synonyms: witch stone
    Sense id: en-witches'_stone-en-noun-bSe4uVzX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 61 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 58 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 60 2
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see witch, stone.
    Sense id: en-witches'_stone-en-noun-JpNhI7t9

Inflected forms

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