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 ]
[みずきり, mizukiri] (n, vs) (1) drainer; strainer; colander; (2) cutwater; forefoot; flashing; throating; (3) (playing) ducks and drakes; stone skipping; skipping rocks; (4) snipping the stem of a cut flower without raising it out of water [Add to Longdo]
[ゆみずのようにつかう, yumizunoyounitsukau] (exp, v5u) to spend (money) like water; to spend (money) like it grows on trees; to throw around (one's money); to play ducks and drakes with [Add to Longdo]
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