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JEWS-STONE

\d͡ʒˈuːzstˈə͡ʊn], \d‍ʒˈuːzstˈə‍ʊn], \dʒ_ˈuː_z_s_t_ˈəʊ_n]\

Definitions of JEWS-STONE

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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An extraneous fossil, being the clavated spine of a very large egg-shaped sea-urchin, petrified by long lying in the earth.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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