- a variation of stink stone.
stinkstone
Britishnoun
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A coalÐblack marble, usually emitting a fetid smell when rubbed; Ð called also stinkstone and swinestone.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
Extensive beds of stinkstone also occur, and many beds of limestone containing fluid bitumen in cavities.
From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by Franklin, John
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