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Webster 1913 Edition
Drakestone
Drake′stone
,Noun.
A flat stone so thrown along the surface of water as to skip from point to point before it sinks; also, the sport of so throwing stones; – sometimes called
ducks and drakes
. Internal earthquakes, that, not content with one throe, run along spasmodically, like boys playing at what is called
drakestone
. De Quincey.