The Collaborative International Dictionary
Thunderstone \Thun"der*stone`\, n.
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A thunderbolt, -- formerly believed to be a stone.
Fear no more the lightning flash, Nor the all-dreaded thunderstone.
--Shak. (Paleon.) A belemnite. See Belemnite.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context archaic English) A thunderbolt. 2 A stone or fossil of a kind once thought to be fallen thunderbolts.
Wikipedia
Thunderstone is a power metal band from Helsinki, Finland. The band was formed in 2000 by guitarist Nino Laurenne, and the line-up became full the following year. After the release of the band's self-titled debut album, Thunderstone, the band toured Europe supporting Stratovarius and Symphony X. Thunderstone released the first four of their albums through Nuclear Blast; however, their album Dirt Metal was released in October 2009 under Sony Music.
Thunderstone or Thunder Stone may refer to:
- Thunderstone (folklore), a worked stone object often associated with a thunder god
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Thunderstone (band), a Finnish power metal band
- Thunderstone (album), their self-titled album
- Thunderstone (TV series), an Australian children's television series set on a post-apocalyptic Earth
- The Thunder Stone, the base of the equestrian statue of Peter the Great now known as the Bronze Horseman, purportedly the largest stone ever moved by man
- The Thunder Stone, a standing stone that was part of the prehistoric Shap Stone Avenue, in Cumbria, England
- Thunderstone, an item in the Pokémon series that evolves certain types of Pokémon—see Gameplay of Pokémon
- Thunderstone (card game), a fantasy deck-building game from Alderac Entertainment Group
- Thunderstone Software, a software company specializing in enterprise search
Throughout Africa, Europe, Asia, and Polynesia flint arrowheads and axes turned up by farmer's plows are considered to have fallen from the sky. They are often thought to be thunderbolts and are called "thunderstones". It was not until travellers returned from far-away places where these implements were in actual use that the origins of these objects became known. Even then, these travelers' tales received little popular credence.
Thunderstone is an Australian children's science fiction television series produced by Jonathan M. Shiff Productions set in a post-apocalyptic world after Earth is hit by a comet. The main character Noah is played by Jeffrey Walker (also known for his roles in Ocean Girl, The Wayne Manifesto, and Mirror, Mirror). Other actors who appear in the series are Gerard Kennedy, Christopher Elliott (who later appeared in Under Jakob's Ladder), Emily Browning (who later appeared in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events), and Daniel Daperis.
The show was originally broadcast on Network Ten from 12 February 1999 until 8 September 2000. Both the first and second seasons were also shown on ABC Kids.
Thunderstone is the debut album by Finnish power metal band Thunderstone. Some versions of this album contain a bonus track which is a cover of the song " Wasted Years" by Iron Maiden.
Thunderstone is a fantasy deck-building card game series designed by Mike Elliott, with artwork by Jason Engle. It was first published by Alderac Entertainment Group in 2009. Each card has dimensions of 6.3 cm x 8.8 cm (2.5in x 3.5in). It has been translated into several languages.
Usage examples of "thunderstone".
HASSAN: The light Wallachians, The Arnaut, Servian, and Albanian allies Fled from the glance of our artillery Almost before the thunderstone alit.
While the rolling rotundity of the resounding thunder was drumming up to its last grandeur, a strong stench of sulfur swept down across the sea and hung in spreading fumes upon the sea-wall, until with a sharp crackle as percussive as a square of muskets, another fire, a ball of flaming gas enveloping a thunderstone, darted across the sky and dashed with a hissing explosion into the sea.
In the morning they crossed a bed of thunderstones clustered on that heath like the ossified eggs of some primal groundbird.