Meaning & use
toadstone
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A mythical stone once believed to form inside a toad's head and to have magical or medicinal, especially antidotal, properties.
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Medieval healers prized the toadstone as a supposed cure for poison.
The museum displayed a toadstone set in a silver ring, a relic of old folk medicine.
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In reality, so-called toadstones were usually fossilized fish teeth; the belief persisted in European folklore well into the 17th century.
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