BEZOAR-STONES
\bˈɛzɔːstˈə͡ʊnz], \bˈɛzɔːstˈəʊnz], \b_ˈɛ_z_ɔː_s_t_ˈəʊ_n_z]\
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Stony concretions found in the intestines of certain land-animals, and formerly used as medicines or antidotes for poisons; in geol., stony concretions usually composed of several crusts one within the other, and closely cohering.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.