the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A stone, or metallic mass, which has fallen to the earth from distant space; a meteorite; a meteoric stone.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A body falling through the atmosphere to the earth from outer space; a meteorite; properly, a meteoric stone. See meteorite.
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n. a stony meteorite consisting of silicate minerals
Word Usage
"I have suggested (Pilgrimage iii. 159) that the famous Black Stone of Meccah, which appears to me a large aerolite, is a remnant of this worship and that the tomb of Eve near Jeddah was the old “Sakhrah tawílah” or Long Stone (ibid. iii."