Definition of stone

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Stone (n.) A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice varies with the article weighed..

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Coquina :: Coquina (n.) A soft, whitish, coral-like stone, formed of broken shells and corals, found in the southern United States, and used for roadbeds and for building material, as in the fort at St. Augustine, Florida..
Encrinital :: Encrinital (a.) Relating to encrinites; containing encrinites, as certain kinds of limestone..
Lithotomist :: Lithotomist (n.) One who performs the operation of cutting for stone in the bladder, or one who is skilled in the operation..
Foil :: Foil (n.) A thin leaf of sheet copper silvered and burnished, and afterwards coated with transparent colors mixed with isinglass; -- employed by jewelers to give color or brilliancy to pastes and inferior stones..
Sagitta :: Sagitta (n.) The keystone of an arch.
Poecilitic :: Poecilitic (a.) Specifically: Of or pertaining to, or characterizing, Triassic and Permian sandstones of red and other colors..
Eye :: Eye (n.) The hole through the upper millstone.
Feed :: Feed (n.) The supply of material to a machine, as water to a steam boiler, coal to a furnace, or grain to a run of stones..
Hearth :: Hearth (n.) The pavement or floor of brick, stone, or metal in a chimney, on which a fire is made; the floor of a fireplace; also, a corresponding part of a stove..
Cubile :: Cubile (n.) The lowest course of stones in a building.
Stone-dead :: Stonecutting (n.) Hewing or dressing stone.
Chat :: Chat (n.) A bird of the genus Icteria, allied to the warblers, in America. The best known species are the yellow-breasted chat (I. viridis), and the long-tailed chat (I. longicauda). In Europe the name is given to several birds of the family Saxicolidae, as the stonechat, and whinchat..
Alum Stone :: Alum stone () A subsulphate of alumina and potash; alunite.
Tiger-eye :: Tiger-eye (n.) A siliceous stone of a yellow color and chatoyant luster, obtained in South Africa and much used for ornament. It is an altered form of the mineral crocidolite. See Crocidolite..
Calyon :: Calyon (n.) Flint or pebble stone, used in building walls, etc..
Header :: Header (n.) A brick or stone laid with its shorter face or head in the surface of the wall.
Stonewort :: Stonework (n.) Work or wall consisting of stone; mason's work of stone.
Lithotriptist :: Lithotriptist (n.) One skilled in breaking and extracting stone in the bladder.
Merestone :: Merestone (n.) A stone designating a limit or boundary; a landmark.
Springboard :: Springal (n.) An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring.
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