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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a game in which a flat stone is bounced along the surface of calm water;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] Internal earthquakes, that, not content with one throe, run along spasmodically, like boys playing at what is called drakestone. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ducks and drakes n 1: a game in which a flat stone is bounced along the surface of calm water