Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name sometimes given, not very aptly, to certain stone objects shaped like a small two-edged ax, which are supposed to have been worn as ornaments in prehistoric times, or held in the hand as badges of authority. They have an eye for the insertion of a handle.
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A banner-stone of unusual shape, made of gray slate.
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