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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Daubing :: Daubing (n.) A rough coat of mortar put upon a wall to give it the appearance of stone; rough-cast.
Ark :: Ark (n.) The oblong chest of acacia wood, overlaid with gold, which supported the mercy seat with its golden cherubs, and occupied the most sacred place in the sanctuary. In it Moses placed the two tables of stone containing the ten commandments. Called also the Ark of the Covenant..
Carbuncle :: Carbuncle (n.) A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone. It has eight scepters or staves radiating from a common center. Called also escarbuncle.
Moorstone :: Moorstone (n.) A species of English granite, used as a building stone..
Rock :: Rock (n.) A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See Stone.
Martin :: Martin (n.) A perforated stone-faced runner for grinding.
Espringal :: Espringal (n.) An engine of war used for throwing viretons, large stones, and other missiles; a springal..
Weight :: Weight (v. t.) The quantity of heaviness; comparative tendency to the center of the earth; the quantity of matter as estimated by the balance, or expressed numerically with reference to some standard unit; as, a mass of stone having the weight of five hundred pounds..
Wall :: Wall (n.) A work or structure of stone, brick, or other materials, raised to some height, and intended for defense or security, solid and permanent inclosing fence, as around a field, a park, a town, etc., also, one of the upright inclosing parts of a building or a room..
Stone :: Stone (n.) The glass of a mirror; a mirror.
Copplestone :: Copplestone (n.) A cobblestone.
Mortar :: Mortar (n.) A building material made by mixing lime, cement, or plaster of Paris, with sand, water, and sometimes other materials; -- used in masonry for joining stones, bricks, etc., also for plastering, and in other ways..
Girdle :: Girdle (n.) A thin bed or stratum of stone.
Touchstone :: Touchstone (n.) Any test or criterion by which the qualities of a thing are tried.
Silex :: Silex (n.) Silica, SiO2 as found in nature, constituting quarz, and most sands and sandstones. See Silica, and Silicic..
Principal :: Principal (n.) The construction which gives shape and strength to a roof, -- generally a truss of timber or iron, but there are roofs with stone principals. Also, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing..
Gorgonize :: Gorgonize (v. t.) To have the effect of a Gorgon upon; to turn into stone; to petrify.
Footstone :: Footstone (n.) The stone at the foot of a grave; -- opposed to headstone.
Grizzly :: Grizzly (a.) In hydraulic mining, gratings used to catch and throw out large stones from the sluices..
Mastery :: Mastery (n.) Specifically, the philosopher's stone..
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