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Stonebird :: Stone (n.) To rub, scour, or sharpen with a stone..

Lias :: Lias (n.) The lowest of the three divisions of the Jurassic period; a name given in England and Europe to a series of marine limestones underlying the Oolite. See the Chart of Geology.

Chisel :: Chisel (n.) A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a mallet or hammer..

Lithodomus :: Lithodomus (n.) A genus of elongated bivalve shells, allied to the mussels, and remarkable for their ability to bore holes for shelter, in solid limestone, shells, etc. Called also Lithophagus..

Ligure :: Ligure (n.) A kind of precious stone.

Stang :: Stane (n.) A stone.

Whinstone :: Whinstone (n.) A provincial name given in England to basaltic rocks, and applied by miners to other kind of dark-colored unstratified rocks which resist the point of the pick. -- for example, to masses of chert. Whin-dikes, and whin-sills, are names sometimes given to veins or beds of basalt..

Headstone :: Headstone (n.) The principal stone in a foundation; the chief or corner stone.

Toadstone :: Toadstone (n.) Bufonite, formerly regarded as a precious stone, and worn as a jewel. See Bufonite..

Ballast :: Ballast (a.) Any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put into the hold to sink a vessel in the water to such a depth as to prevent capsizing..

Stone :: Stone (n.) Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness; insensibility; as, a heart of stone..

Geode :: Geode (n.) A nodule of stone, containing a cavity, lined with crystals or mineral matter..

Jackstone :: Jackstone (n.) One of the pebbles or pieces used in the game of jackstones.

Dendrite :: Dendrite (n.) A stone or mineral on or in which are branching figures resembling shrubs or trees, produced by a foreign mineral, usually an oxide of manganese, as in the moss agate; also, a crystallized mineral having an arborescent form, e. g., gold or silver; an arborization..

Cob :: Cob (n.) A lump or piece of anything, usually of a somewhat large size, as of coal, or stone..

Moraine :: Moraine (n.) An accumulation of earth and stones carried forward and deposited by a glacier.

Mine :: Mine (v. i.) A pit or excavation in the earth, from which metallic ores, precious stones, coal, or other mineral substances are taken by digging; -- distinguished from the pits from which stones for architectural purposes are taken, and which are called quarries..

Clambake :: Clambake (n.) The backing or steaming of clams on heated stones, between layers of seaweed; hence, a picnic party, gathered on such an occasion..

V :: V () V, the twenty-second letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. V and U are only varieties of the same character, U being the cursive form, while V is better adapted for engraving, as in stone. The two letters were formerly used indiscriminately, and till a comparatively recent date words containing them were often classed together in dictionaries and other books of reference (see U). The letter V is from the Latin alphabet, where it was used both as a consonant (about like Engli

Myristone :: Myristone (n.) The ketone of myristic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance..

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