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Meaning Of Stone
n.
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.
n.
A precious stone; a gem.
n.
Something made of stone. Specifically: -
n.
The glass of a mirror; a mirror.
n.
A monument to the dead; a gravestone.
n.
A calculous concretion, especially one in the kidneys or
bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.
n.
One of the testes; a testicle.
n.
The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a cherry or
peach. See Illust. of Endocarp.
n.
A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice
varies with the article weighed.
n.
Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness;
insensibility; as, a heart of stone.
n.
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.
n.
To pelt, beat, or kill with stones.
n.
To make like stone; to harden.
n.
To free from stones; also, to remove the seeds of; as, to
stone a field; to stone cherries; to stone raisins.
n.
To wall or face with stones; to line or fortify with stones;
as, to stone a well; to stone a cellar.