Alum Stone :: Alum stone () A subsulphate of alumina and potash; alunite.

Amazon Stone :: Amazon stone (n.) A variety of feldspar, having a verdigris-green color..

Arch Stone :: Arch stone () A wedge-shaped stone used in an arch; a voussoir.

Astone :: Astone (v. t.) To stun; to astonish; to stupefy.

Astoned :: Astoned (imp. & p. p.) of Aston.

Axstone :: Axstone (n.) A variety of jade. It is used by some savages, particularly the natives of the South Sea Islands, for making axes or hatchets..

Bilestone :: Bilestone (n.) A gallstone, or biliary calculus. See Biliary..

Bloodstone :: Bloodstone (n.) A green siliceous stone sprinkled with red jasper, as if with blood; hence the name; -- called also heliotrope..

Bloodstone :: Bloodstone (n.) Hematite, an ore of iron yielding a blood red powder or streak..

Bluestone :: Bluestone (n.) Blue vitriol.

Bluestone :: Bluestone (n.) A grayish blue building stone, as that commonly used in the eastern United States..

Bondstone :: Bondstone (n.) A stone running through a wall from one face to another, to bind it together; a binding stone..

Brimstone :: Brimstone (v. t.) Sulphur; See Sulphur.

Brimstone :: Brimstone (a.) Made of, or pertaining to, brimstone; as, brimstone matches..

Brownstone :: Brownstone (n.) A dark variety of sandstone, much used for building purposes..

Buhrstone :: Buhrstone (n.) A cellular, flinty rock, used for mill stones..

Burr Millstone :: Burr millstone () See Buhrstone.

Burrstone :: Burrstone (n.) See Buhrstone.

Caen Stone :: Caen stone () A cream-colored limestone for building, found near Caen, France..

Cairngormstone :: Cairngormstone () A yellow or smoky brown variety of rock crystal, or crystallized quartz, found esp, in the mountain of Cairngorm, in Scotland..

Capstone :: Capstone (n.) A fossil echinus of the genus Cannulus; -- so called from its supposed resemblance to a cap.

Chalkstone :: Chalkstone (n.) A mass of chalk.

Chalkstone :: Chalkstone (n.) A chalklike concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in and about the small joints, in the external ear, and in other situations, in those affected with gout; a tophus..

Cliff Limestone :: Cliff limestone () A series of limestone strata found in Ohio and farther west, presenting bluffs along the rivers and valleys, formerly supposed to be of one formation, but now known to be partly Silurian and partly Devonian..

Clingstone :: Clingstone (a.) Having the flesh attached closely to the stone, as in some kinds of peaches..

Clingstone :: Clingstone (n.) A fruit, as a peach, whose flesh adheres to the stone..

Clinkstone :: Clinkstone (n.) An igneous rock of feldspathic composition, lamellar in structure, and clinking under the hammer. See Phonolite..

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.

Cobstone :: Cobstone (n.) Cobblestone.

Copestone :: Copestone (n.) A stone for coping. See Coping.

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