Word Meanings - EAGLESTONE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A concretionary nodule of clay ironstone, of the size of a walnut or larger, so called by the ancients, who believed that the eagle transported these stones to her nest to facilitate the laying of her eggs; aetites.

• Eaglestone
  A concretionary nodule of clay ironstone, of the size of a walnut or larger, so called by the ancients, who believed that the eagle transported these stones to her nest to facilitate the laying of her eggs; aetites.
• Laystall
  A place where rubbish, dung, etc., are laid or deposited.
• Transportingly
  So as to transport.
• Callid
  Characterized by cunning or shrewdness; crafty.
• Callithumpian
  Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a callithump.
• Callosan
  Of the callosum.
• Eaglet
  A young eagle, or a diminutive eagle.
• Nodule
  A rounded mass or irregular shape; a little knot or lump.
• Transportment
  The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; transportation.
• Callidity
  Acuteness of discernment; cunningness; shrewdness.
• Callose
  Furnished with protuberant or hardened spots.
• Eagle-winged
  Having the wings of an eagle; swift, or soaring high, like an eagle.
• Noduled
  Having little knots or lumps.
• Walnut
  The fruit or nut of any tree of the genus Juglans; also, the tree, and its timber. The seven or eight known species are all natives of the north temperate zone.
• Aetites
  See Eaglestone.
• Calligrapher
  One skilled in calligraphy; a good penman.
• Callosities
  of Callosity
• Eaglewood
  A kind of fragrant wood. See Agallochum.
• Stonesmickle
  The stonechat; -- called also stonesmitch.
• CALLIGRAPHICCALLIGRAPHICAL
  Of or pertaining to calligraphy. Excellence in the calligraphic act. T. Warton.

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