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