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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..

Citrination :: Citrination (n.) The process by which anything becomes of the color of a lemon; esp., in alchemy, the state of perfection in the philosopher's stone indicated by its assuming a deep yellow color..

Brontozoum :: Brontozoum (n.) An extinct animal of large size, known from its three-toed footprints in Mesozoic sandstone..

Broach :: Broach (n.) A broad chisel for stonecutting.

Enrockment :: Enrockment (n.) A mass of large stones thrown into water at random to form bases of piers, breakwaters, etc..

Brimstone :: Brimstone (a.) Made of, or pertaining to, brimstone; as, brimstone matches..

Scarabee :: Scarabee (n.) A stylized representation of a scarab beetle in stone or faience; -- a symbol of resurrection, used by the ancient Egyptians as an ornament or a talisman, and in modern times used in jewelry, usually by engraving designs on cabuchon stones. Also used attributively; as, a scarab bracelet [a bracelet containing scarabs]; a scarab [the carved stone itelf]..

Nephrotomy :: Nephrotomy (n.) Extraction of stone from the kidney by cutting.

Knockstone :: Knockstone (n.) A block upon which ore is broken up.

Roller :: Roller (n.) One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder, sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in husbandry and the arts..

Oriskany :: Oriskany (a.) Designating, or pertaining to, certain beds, chiefly limestone, characteristic of the latest period of the Silurian age..

Freestone :: Freestone (a.) Having the flesh readily separating from the stone, as in certain kinds of peaches..

Bilestone :: Bilestone (n.) A gallstone, or biliary calculus. See Biliary..

Ballistic :: Ballistic (a.) Of or pertaining to the ballista, or to the art of hurling stones or missile weapons by means of an engine..

Ginging :: Ginging (n.) The lining of a mine shaft with stones or bricks to prevent caving.

Peastone :: Peastone (n.) Pisolite.

Pick :: Pick (v.) To take up; esp., to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together; as, to pick rags; -- often with up; as, to pick up a ball or stones; to pick up information..

Crowstone :: Crowstone (n.) The top stone of the gable end of a house.

Stony :: Stony (superl.) Of or pertaining to stone, consisting of, or abounding in, stone or stones; resembling stone; hard; as, a stony tower; a stony cave; stony ground; a stony crust..

Essonite :: Essonite (n.) Cinnamon stone, a variety of garnet. See Garnet..

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