Definition for LIV'ER-STONE

LIV'ER-STONE, n. [G. leber-stein.]

A stone or species of earth of the barytic genus, of a gray or brown color, which, when rubbed or heated to redness, emits the smell of liver of sulphur, or alkaline sulphuret. – Kirwan.

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