Definition of stone

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Stone (n.) To free from stones; also, to remove the seeds of; as, to stone a field; to stone cherries; to stone raisins..

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Stonechat :: Stonebuck (n.) See Steinbock.
Killock :: Killock (n.) A small anchor; also, a kind of anchor formed by a stone inclosed by pieces of wood fastened together..
Naif :: Naif (a.) Having a true natural luster without being cut; -- applied by jewelers to a precious stone.
Ballast :: Ballast (a.) Any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put into the hold to sink a vessel in the water to such a depth as to prevent capsizing..
Girdle :: Girdle (n.) A thin bed or stratum of stone.
Lapidify :: Lapidify (v. t.) To convert into stone or stony material; to petrify.
Draff :: Draff (n.) A narrow border worked to a plane surface along the edge of a stone, or across its face, as a guide to the stone-cutter..
Footstone :: Footstone (n.) The stone at the foot of a grave; -- opposed to headstone.
Peach :: Peach (n.) A well-known high-flavored juicy fruit, containing one or two seeds in a hard almond-like endocarp or stone; also, the tree which bears it (Prunus, / Amygdalus Persica). In the wild stock the fruit is hard and inedible..
Felstone :: Felstone (n.) See Felsite.
Gem :: Gem (v. t.) To adorn with gems or precious stones.
Thunderstone :: Thunderstone (n.) A belemnite. See Belemnite.
Heading :: Heading (n.) That end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.
Petrescent :: Petrescent (a.) Petrifying; converting into stone; as, petrescent water..
Sedum :: Sedum (n.) A genus of plants, mostly perennial, having succulent leaves and cymose flowers; orpine; stonecrop..
Lapidescence :: Lapidescence (n.) A hardening into a stone substance.
Coussinet :: Coussinet (n.) A stone placed on the impost of a pier for receiving the first stone of an arch.
Metallography :: Metallography (n.) A substitute for lithography, in which metallic plates are used instead of stone..
Brontozoum :: Brontozoum (n.) An extinct animal of large size, known from its three-toed footprints in Mesozoic sandstone..
Dinosauria :: Dinosauria (n. pl.) An order of extinct mesozoic reptiles, mostly of large size (whence the name). Notwithstanding their size, they present birdlike characters in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind limbs. Some walked on their three-toed hind feet, thus producing the large bird tracks, so-called, of mesozoic sandstones; others were five-toed and quadrupedal. See Illust. of Compsognathus, also Illustration of Dinosaur in Appendix..
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