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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Stoning 
  a  form  of  punishment  (Lev.  20:2;  24:14;  Deut.  13:10;  17:5; 
  22:21)  prescribed  for  certain  offences.  Of  Achan  (Josh.  7:25), 
  Naboth  (1  Kings  21),  Stephen  (Acts  7:59),  Paul  (Acts  14:19;  2 
  Cor.  11:25).




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