Definition of stone

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Stone (n.) To free from stones; also, to remove the seeds of; as, to stone a field; to stone cherries; to stone raisins..

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Muriform :: Muriform (a.) Resembling courses of bricks or stones in squareness and regular arrangement; as, a muriform variety of cellular tissue..
Pitching :: Pitching (n.) A facing of stone laid upon a bank to prevent wear by tides or currents.
Robinet :: Robinet (n.) A military engine formerly used for throwing darts and stones.
Stonehatch :: Stonegall (n.) See Stannel.
Chatoyant :: Chatoyant (n.) A hard stone, as the cat's-eye, which presents on a polished surface, and in the interior, an undulating or wary light..
Cobblestone :: Cobblestone (n.) A large pebble; a rounded stone not too large to be handled; a small boulder; -- used for paving streets and for other purposes.
Stonecrop :: Stonecray (n.) A distemper in hawks.
Fucoidal :: Fucoidal (a.) Containing impressions of fossil fucoids or seaweeds; as, fucoidal sandstone..
Tailing :: Tailing (n.) The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall.
Swinesty :: Swinestone (n.) See Stinkstone.
Stoned :: Stone (n.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also imposing stone..
Atrypa :: Atrypa (n.) A extinct genus of Branchiopoda, very common in Silurian limestones..
El Dorado :: El Dorado () A name given by the Spaniards in the 16th century to an imaginary country in the interior of South America, reputed to abound in gold and precious stones..
Monolith :: Monolith (n.) A single stone, especially one of large size, shaped into a pillar, statue, or monument..
Alunite :: Alunite (n.) Alum stone.
Lodestone :: Lodestone (n.) A piece of magnetic iron ore possessing polarity like a magnetic needle. See Magnetite.
Bonder :: Bonder (n.) A bonding stone or brick; a bondstone.
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) To draw slowly or heavily onward; to pull along the ground by main force; to haul; to trail; -- applied to drawing heavy or resisting bodies or those inapt for drawing, with labor, along the ground or other surface; as, to drag stone or timber; to drag a net in fishing..
Draff :: Draff (n.) The slant given to the furrows in the dress of a millstone.
Rhodonite :: Rhodonite (n.) Manganese spar, or silicate of manganese, a mineral occuring crystallised and in rose-red masses. It is often used as an ornamental stone..
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