What is a stone, or metallic mass, which has fallen to the earth from distant space; a meteorite; a meteoric stone. Note: Some writers limit the word to stony meteorites called?
aerolite — A stone, or metallic mass, which has fallen to the earth from distant space; a meteorite; a meteoric stone. Note: Some writers limit the word to stony meteorites. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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