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snakestone

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snake·stone  (snkstn)
n.
1. A small stone or piece of porous substance reputed to cure snakebite.
2. See whetstone.
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Alexander Pope, who has been called the first professional poet in English, initiates a certain mythology of The Writer's Den with his beloved underground grotto lined floor to ceiling with bits of mirror, colored glass, seashell, snakestone, "Cornish diamond.
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