[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

stone \stone\, n. oe. ston, stan, as. st=an; akin to os. 
   ofries. st=en, d. steen, g. stein, icel. steinn, sw. sten,
   dan. steen, goth. stains, russ. stiena a wall, gr. ?, ?, a
   pebble. root167. cf. steen.
   1. concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular
      mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy
      threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. "dumb as a
      stone." --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            they had brick for stone, and slime . . . for
            mortar.                               --gen. xi. 3.
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   note: in popular language, very large masses of stone are
         called rocks; small masses are called stones; and the
         finer kinds, gravel, or sand, or grains of sand. stone
         is much and widely used in the construction of
         buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers,
         abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture, and the like.
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   2. a precious stone; a gem. "many a rich stone." --chaucer.
      "inestimable stones, unvalued jewels." --shak.
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   3. something made of stone. specifically: 
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      a the glass of a mirror; a mirror. obs.
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                lend me a looking-glass;
                if that her breath will mist or stain the stone,
                why, then she lives.              --shak.
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      b a monument to the dead; a gravestone. --gray.
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                should some relenting eye
                glance on the where our cold relics lie. --pope.
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   4. med. a calculous concretion, especially one in the
      kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.
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   5. one of the testes; a testicle. --shak.
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   6. bot. the hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a
      cherry or peach. see illust. of endocarp.
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   7. a weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice
      varies with the article weighed. eng.
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   note: the stone of butchers' meat or fish is reckoned at 8
         lbs.; of cheese, 16 lbs.; of hemp, 32 lbs.; of glass, 5
         lbs.
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   8. fig.: symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness;
      insensibility; as, a heart of stone.
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            i have not yet forgot myself to stone. --pope.
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   9. print. a stand or table with a smooth, flat top of
      stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a
      book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also
      imposing stone.
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   note: stone is used adjectively or in composition with other
         words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or
         stones, employed on stone, or, more generally, of or
         pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit, or
         stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone
         falcon, or stone-falcon. compounded with some
         adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed
         by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone;
         as, stone-dead, stone-blind, stone-cold, stone-still,
         etc.
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   atlantic stone, ivory. obs. "citron tables, or atlantic
      stone." --milton.

   bowing stone. same as cromlech. --encyc. brit.

   meteoric stones, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as
      after the explosion of a meteor.

   philosopher's stone. see under philosopher.

   rocking stone. see rocking-stone.

   stone age, a supposed prehistoric age of the world when
      stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for
      weapons and tools; -- called also flint age. the bronze
      age succeeded to this.

   stone bass zool., any one of several species of marine
      food fishes of the genus serranus and allied genera, as
      serranus couchii, and polyprion cernium of europe; --
      called also sea perch.

   stone biter zool., the wolf fish.

   stone boiling, a method of boiling water or milk by
      dropping hot stones into it, -- in use among savages.
      --tylor.

   stone borer zool., any animal that bores stones;
      especially, one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow
      in limestone. see lithodomus, and saxicava.

   stone bramble bot., a european trailing species of
      bramble rubus saxatilis.

   stone-break. cf. g. steinbrech. bot. any plant of the
      genus saxifraga; saxifrage.

   stone bruise, a sore spot on the bottom of the foot, from a
      bruise by a stone.

   stone canal. zool. same as sand canal, under sand.

   stone cat zool., any one of several species of small
      fresh-water north american catfishes of the genus
      noturus. they have sharp pectoral spines with which they
      inflict painful wounds.

   stone coal, hard coal; mineral coal; anthracite coal.

   stone coral zool., any hard calcareous coral.

   stone crab. zool.
      a a large crab menippe mercenaria found on the
          southern coast of the united states and much used as
          food.
      b a european spider crab lithodes maia.

   stone crawfish zool., a european crawfish astacus
      torrentium, by many writers considered only a variety of
      the common species astacus fluviatilis.

   stone curlew. zool.
      a a large plover found in europe edicnemus
          crepitans. it frequents stony places. called also
          thick-kneed plover or bustard, and thick-knee.
      b the whimbrel. prov. eng.
      c the willet. local, u.s.

   stone crush. same as stone bruise, above.

   stone eater. zool. same as stone borer, above.

   stone falcon zool., the merlin.

   stone fern bot., a european fern asplenium ceterach
      which grows on rocks and walls.

   stone fly zool., any one of many species of
      pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus perla and allied
      genera; a perlid. they are often used by anglers for bait.
      the larvae are aquatic.

   stone fruit bot., any fruit with a stony endocarp; a
      drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry.

   stone grig zool., the mud lamprey, or pride.

   stone hammer, a hammer formed with a face at one end, and a
      thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other,
      -- used for breaking stone.

   stone hawk zool., the merlin; -- so called from its habit
      of sitting on bare stones.

   stone jar, a jar made of stoneware.

   stone lily paleon., a fossil crinoid.

   stone lugger. zool. see stone roller, below.

   stone marten zool., a european marten mustela foina
      allied to the pine marten, but having a white throat; --
      called also beech marten.

   stone mason, a mason who works or builds in stone.

   stone-mortar mil., a kind of large mortar formerly used
      in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short
      distances.

   stone oil, rock oil, petroleum.

   stone parsley bot., an umbelliferous plant seseli
      labanotis. see under parsley.

   stone pine. bot. a nut pine. see the note under pine,
      and pi~non.

   stone pit, a quarry where stones are dug.

   stone pitch, hard, inspissated pitch.

   stone plover. zool.
      a the european stone curlew.
      b any one of several species of asiatic plovers of the
          genus esacus; as, the large stone plover esacus
          recurvirostris.
      c the gray or black-bellied plover. prov. eng.
      d the ringed plover.
      e the bar-tailed godwit. prov. eng. also applied to
          other species of limicoline birds.

   stone roller. zool.
      a an american fresh-water fish catostomus nigricans
          of the sucker family. its color is yellowish olive,
          often with dark blotches. called also stone lugger,
          stone toter, hog sucker, hog mullet.
      b a common american cyprinoid fish campostoma
          anomalum; -- called also stone lugger.

   stone's cast, or stone's throw, the distance to which a
      stone may be thrown by the hand; as, they live a stone's
      throw from each other.

   stone snipe zool., the greater yellowlegs, or tattler.
      local, u.s.

   stone toter. zool.
      a see stone roller
      a, above.
      b a cyprinoid fish exoglossum maxillingua found in
          the rivers from virginia to new york. it has a
          three-lobed lower lip; -- called also cutlips.

   to leave no stone unturned, to do everything that can be
      done; to use all practicable means to effect an object.
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see also:
steen endocarp imposing stone atlantic stone bowing stone cromlech 
meteoric stones philosopher's stone philosopher rocking stone rocking-stone 
stone age flint age bronze age stone bass serranus 
serranus couchii polyprion cernium sea perch stone biter stone boiling 
stone borer lithodomus saxicava stone bramble rubus saxatilis 
stone-break saxifraga stone bruise stone canal sand canal 
sand stone cat noturus stone coal stone coral 
stone crab menippe mercenaria lithodes maia stone crawfish astacus torrentium 
astacus fluviatilis stone curlew edicnemus crepitans thick-kneed plover bustard 
thick-knee stone crush stone eater stone falcon stone fern 
asplenium ceterach stone fly perla stone fruit stone grig 
stone hammer stone hawk stone jar stone lily stone lugger 
stone roller stone marten mustela foina beech marten stone mason 
stone-mortar stone oil stone parsley seseli labanotis parsley 
stone pine pine pi~non stone pit stone pitch 
stone plover esacus esacus recurvirostris catostomus nigricans stone lugger 
stone toter hog sucker hog mullet campostoma anomalum stone's cast 
stone's throw stone snipe stone toter exoglossum maxillingua new york 
cutlips to leave no stone unturned 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wolf \wolf\, n.; pl. wolves. oe. wolf, wulf, as. wulf; akin
   to os. wulf, d.  g. wolf, icel. =ulfr, sw. ulf, dan. ulv,
   goth. wulfs, lith. vilkas, russ. volk', l. lupus, gr. ly`kos,
   skr. v.rka; also to gr. "e`lkein to draw, drag, tear in
   pieces. root286. cf. lupine, a., lyceum.
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   1. zool. any one of several species of wild and savage
      carnivores belonging to the genus canis and closely
      allied to the common dog. the best-known and most
      destructive species are the european wolf canis lupus,
      the american gray, or timber, wolf canis occidentalis,
      and the prairie wolf, or coyote. wolves often hunt in
      packs, and may thus attack large animals and even man.
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   2. zool. one of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae
      of several species of beetles and grain moths; as, the bee
      wolf.
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   3. fig.: any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person
      or thing; especially, want; starvation; as, they toiled
      hard to keep the wolf from the door.
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   4. a white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.
      1913 webster

   5. an eating ulcer or sore. cf. lupus. obs.
      1913 webster

            if god should send a cancer upon thy face, or a wolf
            into thy side.                        --jer. taylor.
      1913 webster

   6. mus.
      a the harsh, howling sound of some of the chords on an
          organ or piano tuned by unequal temperament.
      b in bowed instruments, a harshness due to defective
          vibration in certain notes of the scale.
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   7. textile manuf. a willying machine. --knight.
      1913 webster

   black wolf. zool.
      a a black variety of the european wolf which is common
          in the pyrenees.
      b a black variety of the american gray wolf.

   golden wolf zool., the thibetan wolf canis laniger;
      -- called also chanco.

   indian wolf zool., an asiatic wolf canis pallipes
      which somewhat resembles a jackal. called also landgak.
      

   prairie wolf zool., the coyote.

   sea wolf. zool. see in the vocabulary.

   strand wolf zool. the striped hyena.

   tasmanian wolf zool., the zebra wolf.

   tiger wolf zool., the spotted hyena.

   to keep the wolf from the door, to keep away poverty; to
      prevent starvation. see wolf, 3, above. --tennyson.

   wolf dog. zool.
      a the mastiff, or shepherd dog, of the pyrenees,
          supposed by some authors to be one of the ancestors of
          the st. bernard dog.
      b the irish greyhound, supposed to have been used
          formerly by the danes for chasing wolves.
      c a dog bred between a dog and a wolf, as the eskimo
          dog.

   wolf eel zool., a wolf fish.

   wolf fish zool., any one of several species of large,
      voracious marine fishes of the genus anarrhichas,
      especially the common species anarrhichas lupus of
      europe and north america. these fishes have large teeth
      and powerful jaws. called also catfish, sea cat, sea
      wolf, stone biter, and swinefish.

   wolf net, a kind of net used in fishing, which takes great
      numbers of fish.

   wolf's peach bot., the tomato, or love apple
      lycopersicum esculentum.

   wolf spider zool., any one of numerous species of running
      ground spiders belonging to the genus lycosa, or family
      lycosidae. these spiders run about rapidly in search of
      their prey. most of them are plain brown or blackish in
      color. see illust. in app.

   zebra wolf zool., a savage carnivorous marsupial
      thylacinus cynocephalus native of tasmania; -- called
      also tasmanian wolf.
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see also:
wolves lupine lyceum canis canis lupus canis occidentalis 
lupus black wolf golden wolf canis laniger chanco 
indian wolf canis pallipes landgak prairie wolf sea wolf 
strand wolf tasmanian wolf tiger wolf to keep the wolf from the door wolf 
wolf dog wolf eel wolf fish anarrhichas anarrhichas lupus 
catfish sea cat sea wolf stone biter swinefish 
wolf net wolf's peach lycopersicum esculentum wolf spider lycosa 
lycosidae zebra wolf thylacinus cynocephalus 

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