n. 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
Internal earthquakes, that, not content with one throe, run along spasmodically, like boys playing at what is called drakestone. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
imp. of Cast. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Castrel. ] (Zool.) A small, slender European hawk (Falco alaudarius), allied to the sparrow hawk. Its color is reddish fawn, streaked and spotted with white and black. Also called
☞ This word is often used in contempt, as of a mean kind of hawk. “Kites and kestrels have a resemblance with hawks.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. [ Rake the instrument + stale a handle. ] The handle of a rake. [ 1913 Webster ]
That tale is not worth a rakestele. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A chimney; esp., a pipe serving as a chimney, as the pipe which carries off the smoke of a locomotive, the funnel of a steam vessel, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
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