Stone
Definition of Stone
| n. | 1. | Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. | | 2. | A precious stone; a gem. | | 3. | Something made of stone. Specifically: - | | 4. | The glass of a mirror; a mirror. | | 4. | (Med.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus. | | 5. | A monument to the dead; a gravestone. | | 5. | One of the testes; a testicle. | | 6. | (Bot.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a cherry or peach. See Illust. of Endocarp. | | 7. | A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice varies with the article weighed. | | 8. | Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness; insensibility; as, a heart of stone. | | 9. | (Print.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc., before printing; - called also imposing stone.| Stone falcon | | (Zool.) the merlin. |
| | v. t. | 1. | To pelt, beat, or kill with stones. | | 2. | To make like stone; to harden. | | 3. | To free from stones; also, to remove the seeds of; as, to stone a field; to stone cherries; to stone raisins. | | 4. | To wall or face with stones; to line or fortify with stones; as, to stone a well; to stone a cellar. | | 5. | To rub, scour, or sharpen with a stone. |
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