adder stone

Etymology
. The word is attested since the late 16th century, its earliest use being found in a work by Arthur Golding (c. 1536 – 1606). The perforation was imagined to be made by the sting of an adder.

Pronunciation

 * stone
 * stone

Noun

 * 1) A stone of varying forms and usually glassy with a naturally formed hole, which is often used as an amulet or bead.

Translations

 * Belarusian: ≈ курыны бог
 * Cornish: milpreve
 * Dutch: heksensteen
 * German: ≈
 * Russian: ≈
 * Scots: adderstane, adder-stane
 * Scottish Gaelic: gloine nan Druidh
 * Swedish: ≈ hönsgud
 * Ukrainian: ≈ курячий бог
 * Welsh: glain neidyr