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8 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stone \Stone\, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS st[=a]n; akin to OS & OFries st[=e]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw sten, Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr ?, ?, a pebble. [root]167. Cf {Steen}.] 1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also any particular mass of such matter; as a house built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. ``Dumb as a stone.'' --Chaucer. They had brick for stone, and slime . . . for mortar. --Gen. xi 3. Note: In popular language, very large masses of stone are called rocks; small masses are called stones; and the finer kinds, gravel, or sand, or grains of sand. Stone is much and widely used in the construction of buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers, abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture, and the like 2. A precious stone; a gem. ``Many a rich stone.'' --Chaucer. ``Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels.'' --Shak. 3. Something made of stone. Specifically: a The glass of a mirror; a mirror. [Obs.] Lend me a looking-glass; If that her breath will mist or stain the stone, Why, then she lives. --Shak. b A monument to the dead; a gravestone. --Gray. Should some relenting eye Glance on the where our cold relics lie. --Pope. 4. (Med.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus. 5. One of the testes; a testicle. --Shak. 6. (Bot.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as the stone of a cherry or peach. See Illust. of {Endocarp}. 7. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice varies with the article weighed. [Eng.] Note: The stone of butchers' meat or fish is reckoned at 8 lbs.; of cheese, 16 lbs.; of hemp, 32 lbs.; of glass, 5 lbs. 8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness; insensibility; as a heart of stone. I have not yet forgot myself to stone. --Pope. 9. (Print.) 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}. Note: Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or stones, employed on stone, or more generally, of or pertaining to stone or stones; as stone fruit, or stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone falcon, or stone-falcon. Compounded with some adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone; as stone-dead, stone-blind, stone-cold, stone-still, etc {Atlantic stone}, ivory. [Obs.] ``Citron tables, or Atlantic stone.'' --Milton. {Bowing stone}. Same as {Cromlech}. --Encyc. Brit. {Meteoric stones}, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as after the explosion of a meteor. {Philosopher's stone}. See under {Philosopher}. {Rocking stone}. See {Rocking-stone}. {Stone age}, a supposed prehistoric age of the world when stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for weapons and tools; -- called also {flint age}. The {bronze age} succeeded to this {Stone bass} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus {Serranus} and allied genera, as {Serranus Couchii}, and {Polyprion cernium} of Europe; -- called also {sea perch}. {Stone biter} (Zo["o]l.), the wolf fish. {Stone boiling}, a method of boiling water or milk by dropping hot stones into it -- in use among savages. --Tylor. {Stone borer} (Zo["o]l.), any animal that bores stones; especially, one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow in limestone. See {Lithodomus}, and {Saxicava}. {Stone bramble} (Bot.), a European trailing species of bramble ({Rubus saxatilis}). {Stone-break}. [Cf. G. steinbrech.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Saxifraga}; saxifrage. {Stone bruise}, a sore spot on the bottom of the foot, from a bruise by a stone. {Stone canal}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Sand canal}, under {Sand}. {Stone cat} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small fresh-water North American catfishes of the genus {Noturus}. They have sharp pectoral spines with which they inflict painful wounds. {Stone coal}, hard coal; mineral coal; anthracite coal. {Stone coral} (Zo["o]l.), any hard calcareous coral. {Stone crab}. (Zo["o]l.) a A large crab ({Menippe mercenaria}) found on the southern coast of the United States and much used as food. b A European spider crab ({Lithodes maia}). {Stone crawfish} (Zo["o]l.), a European crawfish ({Astacus torrentium}), by many writers considered only a variety of the common species ({A. fluviatilis}). {Stone curlew}. (Zo["o]l.) a A large plover found in Europe ({Edicnemus crepitans}). It frequents stony places. Called also {thick-kneed plover} or {bustard}, and {thick-knee}. b The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.] c The willet. [Local, U.S.] {Stone crush}. Same as {Stone bruise}, above. {Stone eater}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Stone borer}, above. {Stone falcon} (Zo["o]l.), the merlin. {Stone fern} (Bot.), a European fern ({Asplenium Ceterach}) which grows on rocks and walls. {Stone fly} (Zo["o]l.), any one of many species of pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus {Perla} and allied genera; a perlid. They are often used by anglers for bait. The larv[ae] are aquatic. {Stone fruit} (Bot.), any fruit with a stony endocarp; a drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry. {Stone grig} (Zo["o]l.), the mud lamprey, or pride. {Stone hammer}, a hammer formed with a face at one end and a thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other -- used for breaking stone. {Stone hawk} (Zo["o]l.), the merlin; -- so called from its habit of sitting on bare stones. {Stone jar}, a jar made of stoneware. {Stone lily} (Paleon.), a fossil crinoid. {Stone lugger}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Stone roller}, below. {Stone marten} (Zo["o]l.), a European marten ({Mustela foina}) allied to the pine marten, but having a white throat; -- called also {beech marten}. {Stone mason}, a mason who works or builds in stone. {Stone-mortar} (Mil.), a kind of large mortar formerly used in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short distances. {Stone oil}, rock oil, petroleum. {Stone parsley} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Seseli Labanotis}). See under {Parsley}. {Stone pine}. (Bot.) A nut pine. See the Note under {Pine}, and {Pi[~n]on}. {Stone pit}, a quarry where stones are dug. {Stone pitch}, hard, inspissated pitch. {Stone plover}. (Zo["o]l.) a The European stone curlew. b Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the genus {Esacus}; as the large stone plover ({E. recurvirostris}). c The gray or black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.] d The ringed plover. e The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Also applied to other species of limicoline birds. {Stone roller}. (Zo["o]l.) a An American fresh-water fish ({Catostomus nigricans}) of the Sucker family. Its color is yellowish olive, often with dark blotches. Called also {stone lugger}, {stone toter}, {hog sucker}, {hog mullet}. b A common American cyprinoid fish ({Campostoma anomalum}); -- called also {stone lugger}. {Stone's cast}, or {Stone's throw}, the distance to which a stone may be thrown by the hand. {Stone snipe} (Zo["o]l.), the greater yellowlegs, or tattler. [Local, U.S.] {Stone toter}. (Zo["o]l.) a See {Stone roller} (a), above. b A cyprinoid fish ({Exoglossum maxillingua}) found in the rivers from Virginia to New York. It has a three-lobed lower lip; -- called also {cutlips}. {To leave no stone unturned}, to do everything that can be done to use all practicable means to effect an object. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stone \Stone\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stoned}; p. pr & vb n. {Stoning}.] [From {Stone}, n.: cf AS st?nan, Goth. stainjan.] 1. To pelt, beat or kill with stones. And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. --Acts vii. 59. 2. To make like stone; to harden. O perjured woman! thou dost stone my heart. --Shak. 3. To free from stones; also to remove the seeds of as to stone a field; to stone cherries; to stone raisins. 4. To wall or face with stones; to line or fortify with stones; as to stone a well to stone a cellar. 5. To rub, scour, or sharpen with a stone. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Perch \Perch\ (p[~e]rch), n. [Written also {pearch}.] [OE. perche, F. perche, L. perca, fr Gr pe`rkh; cf perkno`s dark-colored, Skr. p[.r][,c]ni spotted, speckled, and E. freckle.] (Zo["o]l.) 1. Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family {Percid[ae]}, as the common American or yellow perch ({Perca flavescens, or Americana}), and the European perch ({P. fluviatilis}). 2. Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belonging to the {Percid[ae]}, {Serranid[ae]}, and related families, and resembling, more or less the true perches. {Black perch}. a The black bass. b The flasher. c The sea bass. {Blue perch}, the cunner. {Gray perch}, the fresh-water drum. {Red perch}, the rosefish. {Red-bellied perch}, the long-eared pondfish. {Perch pest}, a small crustacean, parasitic in the mouth of the perch. {Silver perch}, the yellowtail. {Stone}, or {Striped}, {perch}, the pope. {White perch}, the {Roccus, or Morone, Americanus}, a small silvery serranoid market fish of the Atlantic coast. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: stone adj : of any of various dull tannish-gray colors n 1: a lump of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me" [syn: {rock}] 2: a piece of stone hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose; "he wanted a special stone to mark the site" 3: material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust [syn: {rock}] 4: small pellets of ice that fall during a hailstorm [syn: {hailstone}] 5: a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry [syn: {gem}, {gemstone}] 6: (British) an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds 7: the single central seed in some fruits such as peaches and cherries enclosed in a hard woody shell [syn: {pit}] v 1: kill by throwing stones at "Adulters should be stoned according to the Koran" [syn: {lapidate}] 2: remove the pits from as of certain fruit such as peaches [syn: {pit}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Stone, ID Zip code(s): 83280 Stone, KY Zip code(s): 41567 From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: STONE A Structured and Open Environment: a project supported by the German Ministry of Research and Technology (BMFT) to design, implement and distribute a SEE for research and teaching. From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Stone Stones were commonly used for buildings, also as memorials of important events (Gen. 28:18; Josh. 24:26, 27; 1 Sam. 7:12, etc.). They were gathered out of cultivated fields (Isa. 5:2; comp. 2 Kings 3:19). This word is also used figuratively of believers (1 Pet. 2:4, 5), and of the Messiah (Ps. 118:22; Isa. 28:16; Matt. 21:42; Acts 4:11, etc.). In Dan. 2:45 it refers also to the Messiah. He is there described as "cut out of the mountain." (See {ROCK}.) A "heart of stone" denotes great insensibility (1 Sam. 25:37). Stones were set up to commemorate remarkable events, as by Jacob at Bethel (Gen. 28:18), at Padan-aram (35:4), and on the occasion of parting with Laban (31:45-47); by Joshua at the place on the banks of the Jordan where the people first lodged" after crossing the river (Josh. 6:8), and also in "the midst of Jordan," where he erected another set of twelve stones (4:1-9); and by Samuel at Ebenezer" (1 Sam. 7:12). From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: STONE STructured and OpeN Environment (FZI Karlsruhe, Germany)
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