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Psarolite :: Psarolite (n.) A silicified stem of tree fern, found in abundance in the Triassic sandstone..

Throw :: Throw (n.) The distance which a missile is, or may be, thrown; as, a stone's throw..

Pitchstone :: Pitchstone (n.) An igneous rock of semiglassy nature, having a luster like pitch..

Sill :: Sill (n.) The timber or stone at the foot of a door; the threshold.

Heliotrope :: Heliotrope (n.) See Bloodstone (a).

Sink :: Sink (n.) A shallow box or vessel of wood, stone, iron, or other material, connected with a drain, and used for receiving filthy water, etc., as in a kitchen..

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

Gorgonize :: Gorgonize (v. t.) To have the effect of a Gorgon upon; to turn into stone; to petrify.

Jewel :: Jewel (n.) A precious stone; a gem.

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..

Rose-cut :: Rose-cut (a.) Cut flat on the reverse, and with a convex face formed of triangular facets in rows; -- said of diamonds and other precious stones. See Rose diamond, under Rose. Cf. Brilliant, n..

Turnstone :: Turnstone (n.) Any species of limicoline birds of the genera Strepsilas and Arenaria, allied to the plovers, especially the common American and European species (Strepsilas interpres). They are so called from their habit of turning up small stones in search of mollusks and other aquatic animals. Called also brant bird, sand runner, sea quail, sea lark, sparkback, and skirlcrake..

Dogger :: Dogger (n.) A sort of stone, found in the mines with the true alum rock, chiefly of silica and iron..

Stone-blind :: Stonebird (n.) The yellowlegs; -- called also stone snipe. See Tattler, 2..

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

Lapidescence :: Lapidescence (n.) A hardening into a stone substance.

Grain :: Grain (n.) The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc..

Whetstone :: Whetstone (n.) A piece of stone, natural or artificial, used for whetting, or sharpening, edge tools..

Diorite :: Diorite (n.) An igneous, crystalline in structure, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and hornblende. It includes part of what was called greenstone..

Brontozoum :: Brontozoum (n.) An extinct animal of large size, known from its three-toed footprints in Mesozoic sandstone..

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