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stony |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stony \Ston"y\, a. [Compar. {Stonier}; superl. {Stoniest}.] [AS. st[=a]nig. See {Stone}.] 1. 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. 2. Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific. The stony dart of senseless cold. --Spenser. 3. Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate; perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified; as a stony heart; a stony gaze. {Stony coral}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Stone coral}, under {Stone}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: stony adj 1: abounding in rocks or stones; "rocky fields"; "stony ground"; "bouldery beaches" [syn: {rocky}, {bouldery}, {bouldered}] 2: showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart" [syn: {flinty}, {obdurate}] 3: hard as granite; "a granitic fist" [syn: {granitic}, {granitelike}, {rocklike}]
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