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A concretionary nodule of clay ironstone, of the size of a walnut or larger, so called by the ancients, who believed that the eagle transported these stones to her nest to facilitate the laying of her eggs; aëtites.

The bow, strung with horsehair, used in playing the fiddle; a fiddle bow.

One of the catgut strings of a fiddle.

That part of the body where the girdle is worn. [Obs.] Sheathed, beneath his girdlestead. Chapman.

Amygdaloid.

An extinct genus of small Triassic mammals, the oldest yet found in European strata.

A stone serving the same purpose as a milepost.

To trouble; to disturb; to render uneasy; to interfere with; to vex. They have molested the church with needless opposition. Hooker.

The act of molesting, or the state of being molested; disturbance; annoyance.

One who molests.

Troublesome; vexatious. [R.]

Molestation. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Natrolite; -- called also needle zeolite.

Of or pertaining to Palestine.

A wrestling school; hence, a gymnasium, or place for athletic exercise in general.

Of or pertaining to the palestra, or to wrestling.

A pebble; also, pebbles collectively. "Chains of pebblestone." Marlowe.

Polaris, or the north star. See North star, under North.

The ringed dotterel, or ring plover. [Prov.Eng.]

See Rubble, 1 and 2.