noun
Etymology: purgatory (I)
: a prehistoric stone hammer that was formerly popularly supposed to have been buried with the dead for use in knocking at the gates of purgatory
noun
Etymology: purgatory (I)
: a prehistoric stone hammer that was formerly popularly supposed to have been buried with the dead for use in knocking at the gates of purgatory
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012