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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Ballast :: Ballast (a.) Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad to make it firm and solid..
Winch :: Winch (n.) A crank with a handle, for giving motion to a machine, a grindstone, etc..
Lithophagous :: Lithophagous (a.) Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, as the ostrich..
Muschelkalk :: Muschelkalk (n.) A kind of shell limestone, whose strata form the middle one of the three divisions of the Triassic formation in Germany. See Chart, under Geology..
Oilstone :: Oilstone (n.) A variety of hone slate, or whetstone, used for whetting tools when lubricated with oil..
Terminus :: Terminus (n.) The Roman divinity who presided over boundaries, whose statue was properly a short pillar terminating in the bust of a man, woman, satyr, or the like, but often merely a post or stone stuck in the ground on a boundary line..
Coticular :: Coticular (a.) Pertaining to whetstones; like or suitable for whetstones.
Cairn :: Cairn (n.) A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc..
Gem :: Gem (v. t.) To adorn with gems or precious stones.
Jetty :: "Jetty (n.) A structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor; a mole; as, the Eads system of jetties at the mouth of the Mississippi River..
Ro-setta Stone :: Ro-setta stone () A stone found at Rosetta, in Egypt, bearing a trilingual inscription, by aid of which, with other inscriptions, a key was obtained to the hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt..
Calcivorous :: Calcivorous (a.) Eroding, or eating into, limestone..
Turn :: Turn (v. i.) To be changed, altered, or transformed; to become transmuted; also, to become by a change or changes; to grow; as, wood turns to stone; water turns to ice; one color turns to another; to turn Mohammedan..
Headstone :: Headstone (n.) The stone at the head of a grave.
Mine :: Mine (v. i.) Any place where ore, metals, or precious stones are got by digging or washing the soil; as, a placer mine..
Driver :: Driver (n.) A crossbar on a grinding mill spindle to drive the upper stone.
Curbstone :: Curbstone (n.) A stone /et along a margin as a and protection, as along the edge of a sidewalk next the roadway; an edge stone..
Sawdust :: Sawdust (n.) Dust or small fragments of wood (or of stone, etc.) made by the cutting of a saw..
Bicker :: Bicker (n.) A fight with stones between two parties of boys.
Lithic :: Lithic (n.) A medicine which tends to prevent stone in the bladder.
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