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Cholecystotomy :: Cholecystotomy (n.) The operation of making an opening in the gall bladder, as for the removal of a gallstone..

Oven :: Oven (n.) A place arched over with brick or stonework, and used for baking, heating, or drying; hence, any structure, whether fixed or portable, which may be heated for baking, drying, etc.; esp., now, a chamber in a stove, used for baking or roasting..

Cairn :: Cairn (n.) A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument..

Rubblework :: Rubblework (n.) Masonry constructed of unsquared stones that are irregular in size and shape.

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

Montoir :: Montoir (n.) A stone used in mounting a horse; a horse block.

Footstalk :: Footstalk (n.) The lower part of a millstone spindle. It rests in a step.

Kabook :: Kabook (n.) A clay ironstone found in Ceylon.

Sling :: Sling (v. t.) An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other. The missile being lodged in a hole in the strap, the ends of the string are taken in the hand, and the whole whirled rapidly round until, by loosing one end, the missile is let fly with centrifugal force..

Draff :: Draff (n.) The slant given to the furrows in the dress of a millstone.

Sagitta :: Sagitta (n.) The keystone of an arch.

Jadeite :: "Jadeite (n.) See Jade, the stone..

Rocking-stone :: Rocking-stone (n.) A stone, often of great size and weight, resting upon another stone, and so exactly poised that it can be rocked, or slightly moved, with but little force..

Boaster :: Boaster (n.) A stone mason's broad-faced chisel.

Grain :: Grain (n.) The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc..

Monopyrenous :: Monopyrenous (a.) Having but a single stone or kernel.

Throw :: Throw (n.) The distance which a missile is, or may be, thrown; as, a stone's throw..

Petrary :: Petrary (n.) An ancient war engine for hurling stones.

Sunstroke :: Sunstone (n.) Aventurine feldspar. See under Aventurine.

Limestone :: Limestone (n.) A rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime. It sometimes contains also magnesium carbonate, and is then called magnesian or dolomitic limestone. Crystalline limestone is called marble..

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