Definition of stone

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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..

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Stonerunner :: Stonerunner (n.) The ring plover, or the ringed dotterel..
Bridge :: Bridge (n.) A structure, usually of wood, stone, brick, or iron, erected over a river or other water course, or over a chasm, railroad, etc., to make a passageway from one bank to the other..
Draff :: Draff (n.) The slant given to the furrows in the dress of a millstone.
Ratchel :: Ratchel (n.) Gravelly stone.
Erratic :: Erratic (n.) Any stone or material that has been borne away from its original site by natural agencies; esp., a large block or fragment of rock; a bowlder..
Moline :: Moline (n.) The crossed iron that supports the upper millstone by resting on the spindle; a millrind.
Stone :: Stone (n.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus..
Solitaire :: Solitaire (n.) A single diamond in a setting; also, sometimes, a precious stone of any kind set alone..
Granulite :: Granulite (n.) A whitish, granular rock, consisting of feldspar and quartz intimately mixed; -- sometimes called whitestone, and leptynite..
Encrinital :: Encrinital (a.) Relating to encrinites; containing encrinites, as certain kinds of limestone..
Caen Stone :: Caen stone () A cream-colored limestone for building, found near Caen, France..
Jade :: "Jade (n.) A stone, commonly of a pale to dark green color but sometimes whitish. It is very hard and compact, capable of fine polish, and is used for ornamental purposes and for implements, esp. in Eastern countries and among many early peoples..
Gravel-stone :: Gravel-stone (n.) A pebble, or small fragment of stone; a calculus..
Pothole :: Pothole (n.) A circular hole formed in the rocky beds of rivers by the grinding action of stones or gravel whirled round by the water in what was at first a natural depression of the rock.
Stone :: Stone (n.) A monument to the dead; a gravestone.
Litho :: Litho () A combining form from Gr. li`qos, stone..
Farcilite :: Farcilite (n.) Pudding stone.
Ornithichnite :: Ornithichnite (n.) The footmark of a bird occurring in strata of stone.
Marten :: Marten (n.) Any one of several fur-bearing carnivores of the genus Mustela, closely allied to the sable. Among the more important species are the European beech, or stone, marten (Mustela foina); the pine marten (M. martes); and the American marten, or sable (M. Americana), which some zoologists consider only a variety of the Russian sable..
Stereotype :: Stereotomy (n.) The science or art of cutting solids into certain figures or sections, as arches, and the like; especially, the art of stonecutting..
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