Definition for TOAD-STONE

TOAD-STONE, n. [toad and stone.]

In mineralogy, a sort of trap-rock, of a brownish gray color. The toad-stone of Derbyshire is generally a dark brown basaltic amygdaloid, composed of basalt and green earth, and containing oblong cavities filled with calcarious spar. Cyc.

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