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Rotelstain. (? Altered f. 17th c. Eng. rotten stone ‘a red friable stone’, ‘a decomposed siliceous limestone’ (1677; OED).) —1684 Sibbald Scot. Illustr. iv 42.
Pulverem sequentem in ipso hujus morbi paroxysmo commendari, qui recipit lapidis rubri scriptorii (vulgo rotelstain) drachmam unam
