thunderstone

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Meunier tells of another "thunderstone" said to have fallen in North

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  1. noun Any of various mineral concretions, such as a belemnite, formerly supposed to be thunderbolts.
  2. noun Archaic A flash of lightning conceived as a stone; a thunderbolt.

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  • Not a thunderstone -- but agate-hearted just the same.
  • The conventional explanation that it had been formed as a drop of molten matter from a larger body seems reasonable to me; but with less agreeableness I note its fall in a thunderstorm, the datum that turns the orthodox meteorologist pale with rage, or induces a slight elevation of his eyebrows, if you mention it to him Meunier tells of another "thunderstone" said to have fallen in North Africa. —  The Book of the Damned
  • He searched among the roots of this tree and found a "thunderstone." —  The Book of the Damned
  • Edin._, 3-147, is the report of a "thunderstone," "supposed to have fallen in Hampshire, Sept., 1852." —  The Book of the Damned
  • The notion that other worlds are attempting to communicate with this world is widespread: my own notion is that it is not attempt at all--that it was achievement centuries ago I should like to send out a report that a "thunderstone" had fallen, say, somewhere in New Hampshire And keep track of every person who came to examine that stone--trace down his affiliations--keep track of him Then send out a report that a "thunderstone" had fallen at Stockholm, say Would one of the persons who had gone to New Hampshire, be met again in Stockholm? —  The Book of the Damned
 

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