Drakestone

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Drakestone \Drake"stone\, 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 {ducks and drakes}.
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           Internal earthquakes, that, not content with one throe,
           run along spasmodically, like boys playing at what is
           called drakestone.                       --De Quincey.
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