witches' stone
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editwitches' stone (plural witches' stones)
- A small ledge jutting out of the chimney of a house, chiefly in Jersey or Guernsey, originally to stop rain seeping under the joins in a thatched roof, and later reinterpreted in folklore as a place for witches to rest.
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- An adder stone, a stone with a (natural) hole in it.
- Synonym: witch stone
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- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see witch, stone.