Definition of stone

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Stone (n.) To wall or face with stones; to line or fortify with stones; as, to stone a well; to stone a cellar..

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Tiger-eye :: Tiger-eye (n.) A siliceous stone of a yellow color and chatoyant luster, obtained in South Africa and much used for ornament. It is an altered form of the mineral crocidolite. See Crocidolite..
Bushhammer :: Bushhammer (n.) A hammer with a head formed of a bundle of square bars, with pyramidal points, arranged in rows, or a solid head with a face cut into a number of rows of such points; -- used for dressing stone..
Stock :: Stock (n.) An irregular metalliferous mass filling a large cavity in a rock formation, as a stock of lead ore deposited in limestone..
Lithic :: Lithic (n.) A medicine which tends to prevent stone in the bladder.
Acinaceous :: Acinaceous (a.) Containing seeds or stones of grapes, or grains like them..
Fabrile :: Fabrile (a.) Pertaining to a workman, or to work in stone, metal, wood etc.; as, fabrile skill..
Carving :: Carving (n.) A piece of decorative work cut in stone, wood, or other material..
Masonry :: Masonry (n.) That which is built by a mason; anything constructed of the materials used by masons, such as stone, brick, tiles, or the like. Dry masonry is applied to structures made without mortar..
Petrary :: Petrary (n.) An ancient war engine for hurling stones.
Brimstony :: Brimstony (a.) Containing or resembling brimstone; sulphurous.
Pile :: Pile (n.) A mass of things heaped together; a heap; as, a pile of stones; a pile of wood..
Crawford :: Crawford (n.) A Crawford peach; a well-known freestone peach, with yellow flesh, first raised by Mr. William Crawford, of New Jersey..
Aerolite :: Aerolite (n.) A stone, or metallic mass, which has fallen to the earth from distant space; a meteorite; a meteoric stone..
Scarabee :: Scarabee (n.) A stylized representation of a scarab beetle in stone or faience; -- a symbol of resurrection, used by the ancient Egyptians as an ornament or a talisman, and in modern times used in jewelry, usually by engraving designs on cabuchon stones. Also used attributively; as, a scarab bracelet [a bracelet containing scarabs]; a scarab [the carved stone itelf]..
Cairn :: Cairn (n.) A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument..
Sassanage :: Sassanage (n.) Stones left after sifting.
Rough :: Rough (n.) Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth..
Lazuli :: Lazuli (n.) A mineral of a fine azure-blue color, usually in small rounded masses. It is essentially a silicate of alumina, lime, and soda, with some sodium sulphide, is often marked by yellow spots or veins of sulphide of iron, and is much valued for ornamental work. Called also lapis lazuli, and Armenian stone..
Stone-cold :: Stonechat (n.) The blue titmouse.
Heliotrope :: Heliotrope (n.) See Bloodstone (a).
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