In the magico-medical tradition of Europe and the Near East, the aetites (singular in Latin) or aetite (anglicized) is a stone used to promote childbirth. It is also called an eagle-stone, aquiline, or aquilaeus. The stone is said to prevent spontaneous abortion and premature delivery, while shortening labor and parturition for a full-term birth. ...
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• (n.) See Eaglestone.
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A`ë·ti'tes noun [ Latin , from Greek ... (sc. ...) stone, from ... eagle.] See
Eaglestone .
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