TOAD-STONE, noun [toad and stone.] In mineralogy, a sort of trap rock, of a brownish gray color. The toad-stone of Derbyshire is generally a dark brown basaltic amygdaloid, composed of basalt and green earth, and containing oblong cavities filled with calcarious spar.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.