The Collaborative International Dictionary
Drakestone
Drakestone \Drake"stone\, n. A flat stone so thrown along the surface of water as to skip from point to point before it sinks; also, the sport of so throwing stones; -- sometimes called ducks and drakes.
Internal earthquakes, that, not content with one throe,
run along spasmodically, like boys playing at what is
called drakestone.
--De Quincey.
Usage examples of "drakestone".
Morose professors from Drakestone College in Connecticut did not seem the type to relish the company of disreputable street bums.
Durmond Pilverman resided in Beaker Lake, Connecticut, and taught at Drakestone College.
I now knew Durmond was no longer on the faculty of Drakestone College.