Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A tribe or race of men who practise stone-boiling.
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The writer of the _Early History of Mankind_ states that the Assineboins, or stone-boilers, dig a hole in the ground, take a piece of raw hide, and press it down to the sides of the hole, and fill it with water; this is called a "paunch-kettle"; then they make a number of stones red-hot in a fire close by, the meat is put into the water, and the hot stones dropped in until it is cooked.
English Villages 1892
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