"thunder-stone" = "thunderbolt" in the 18th century

[Wilson Gray]

On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'd have thought that "thunderstone" applied more specifically - though not
> necessarily exclusively - to meteorites or presumed meteorites.

Me, too.

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