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Meaning of DRAKESTONE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Drake"stone\, n.
A flat stone so thrown along the surface of water as to skip
from point to point before it sinks; also, the sport of so
throwing stones; -- sometimes called {ducks and drakes}.
      Internal earthquakes, that, not content with one throe,
      run along spasmodically, like boys playing at what is
      called drakestone.                       --De Quincey.
 
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