[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.
      1913 webster

   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.
         1913 webster

   2. a precious stone; a gem. "many a rich stone." --chaucer.
      "inestimable stones, unvalued jewels." --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. something made of stone. specifically: 
      1913 webster
      a the glass of a mirror; a mirror. obs.
          1913 webster

                lend me a looking-glass;
                if that her breath will mist or stain the stone,
                why, then she lives.              --shak.
          1913 webster
      b a monument to the dead; a gravestone. --gray.
          1913 webster

                should some relenting eye
                glance on the where our cold relics lie. --pope.
          1913 webster

   4. med. a calculous concretion, especially one in the
      kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.
      1913 webster

   5. one of the testes; a testicle. --shak.
      1913 webster

   6. bot. the hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a
      cherry or peach. see illust. of endocarp.
      1913 webster

   7. a weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice
      varies with the article weighed. eng.
      1913 webster

   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.
         1913 webster

   8. fig.: symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness;
      insensibility; as, a heart of stone.
      1913 webster

            i have not yet forgot myself to stone. --pope.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   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.
         1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
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

stone \stone\, v. t. imp.  p. p. stoned; p. pr.  vb. n.
   stoning. from stone, n.: cf. as. st?nan, goth.
   stainjan.
   1. to pelt, beat, or kill with stones.
      1913 webster

            and they stoned stephen, calling upon god, and
            saying, lord jesus, receive my spirit. --acts vii.
                                                  59.
      1913 webster

   2. to make like stone; to harden.
      1913 webster

            o perjured woman thou dost stone my heart. --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. to free from stones; also, to remove the seeds of; as, to
      stone a field; to stone cherries; to stone raisins.
      1913 webster

   4. to wall or face with stones; to line or fortify with
      stones; as, to stone a well; to stone a cellar.
      1913 webster

   5. to rub, scour, or sharpen with a stone.
      1913 webster
      1913 webster
see also:
stoned stoning stone 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

stone
     adj : of any of various dull tannish-gray colors
     n 1: a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he
          threw a rock at me" syn: rock
     2: material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those
        making up the earth's crust; "that mountain is solid
        rock"; "stone is abundant in new england and there are
        many quarries" syn: rock
     3: building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a
        definite shape for a special purpose; "he wanted a special
        stone to mark the site"
     4: a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry;
        "he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"; "she had
        jewels made of all the rarest stones" syn: gem, gemstone
     5: the hard inner usually woody layer of the pericarp of some
        fruits as peaches or plums or cherries or olives that
        contains the seed; "you should remove the stones from
        prunes before cooking" syn: pit, endocarp
     6: an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human
        body; equal to 14 pounds; "a heavy chap who must have
        weighed more than twenty stone"
     7: united states filmmaker born in 1946 syn: oliver stone
     8: united states feminist and suffragist 1818-1893 syn: lucy
        stone
     9: united states journalist who advocated liberal causes
        1907-1989 syn: i. f. stone, isidor feinstein stone
     10: united states jurist who served on the united states supreme
         court as chief justice 1872-1946 syn: harlan fiske
         stone
     11: united states architect 1902-1978 syn: edward durell
         stone
     12: a lack of feeling or expression or movement; "he must have a
         heart of stone"; "her face was as hard as stone"
     v 1: kill by throwing stones at; "adulterers should be stoned
          according to the koran" syn: lapidate
     2: remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries" syn: pit
see also:
rock gem gemstone pit endocarp oliver stone 
lucy stone i. f. stone isidor feinstein stone harlan fiske stone edward durell stone 
lapidate 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

433 moby thesaurus words for "stone":
   irish confetti, lydian stone, tarmac, tarvia, aa, abyssal rock,
   acorn, adamant, adamantine, adobe, agate, alexandrite, amethyst,
   anklet, anthraconite, aplite, aquamarine, arch, armlet, ashlar,
   asphalt, aventurine, bakestone, bangle, barrow, basalt, basanite,
   beads, bedrock, beetlestone, behead, berry, beryl, bijou,
   bird seed, bitumen, bituminous macadam, black sheep, blacktop,
   blemish, block lava, bloodstone, blow to pieces, blow up, board,
   bola, bolt, bondstone, bone, boomerang, booze up, boozify,
   boundary stone, bowstring, bracelet, brain, brash, brass,
   breastpin, breccia, brick, brickbat, bricks and mortar, brilliant,
   brimstone, bring down, brooch, brownstone, buhr, buhrstone, burn,
   burn to death, bust, cairn, cairngorm, capstone, carbuncle,
   carnelian, cement, cenotaph, chain, chalcedony, chalk, chaplet,
   charm, chatelaine, chrysoberyl, chrysolite, circle, citrine,
   clapboard, clinker, cobble, cobblestone, column, concrete,
   conglomerate, copestone, copperplate, coral, cornerstone, coronet,
   countermissile, covering materials, crag, crock, cromlech, cross,
   crown, crucify, crystal, cup, curb, curbing, curbstone, cut down,
   cut to pieces, cyclolith, deal a deathblow, decapitate, decollate,
   defenestrate, demantoid, dendrite, diabase, diadem, diamond,
   disintegrate, dolmen, dolomite, doorstone, dripstone, drop,
   druid stone, duplicate plate, eaglestone, earring, edgestone, egg,
   electrocute, electrotype, emerald, emery rock, execute, face, fell,
   ferroconcrete, festooned pahoehoe, firebrick, flag, flagging,
   flagstone, flaxseed, flint, flintlike, flinty, floatstone,
   flooring, fob, footstone, foreign body, foreign intruder, frag,
   fruit, fuddle, garnet, garrote, gem, gem stone, girasol,
   give the quietus, glass, glaze, gneiss, goldstone, grain, granite,
   granitelike, granitic, grave, gravel, gravestone, grindstone, grit,
   gritrock, gritstone, guillotine, gun down, hairstone,
   harlequin opal, hayseed, headstone, heart of oak, heliotrope,
   hoarstone, hyacinth, igneous rock, impurity, incinerate,
   inflict capital punishment, inscription, intruder, iron, ironstone,
   jade, jadestone, jargoon, jasper, jewel, jugulate, kerb, kerbstone,
   kernel, keystone, lapidate, lapis lazuli, lath, lath and plaster,
   lava, lay low, limestone, linseed, lithic, living rock,
   locked-up page, locket, lodestone, macadam, magma, mantlerock,
   marble, marblelike, marker, masonry, mausoleum, megalith, memento,
   memorial, memorial arch, memorial column, memorial statue,
   memorial stone, menhir, metamorphic rock, milestone, milkstone,
   millstone, misfit, missile, monkey wrench, monolith, monument,
   moonstone, morganite, mortar, mote, mound, nails, necklace,
   necrology, nose ring, nut, oak, obelisk, obituary, obsidian,
   oddball, oilstone, onyx, opal, overtake, pahoehoe, paper, pavement,
   pavestone, paving, paving material, paving stone, pellet, pelt,
   peridot, petrified, petrogenic, phonolite, pickle, pillar,
   pillow lava, pin, pip, pistol, pit, pitchstone, plank, plaque,
   plasma, plaster, plasters, plastic plate, plate, poleax, pollute,
   porphyry, precious stone, prestressed concrete, printing plate,
   printing surface, prize, projectile, pudding stone, pumice,
   put to death, pyramid, quartz, quartzite, regolith, reliquary,
   remembrance, rhinestone, ribbon, riddle, ring, road metal, rock,
   rocket, roofage, roofing, ropy lava, rose quartz, rostral column,
   rottenstone, rubber plate, rubble, rubblestone, rubstone, ruby,
   sandstone, sapphire, sard, sardonyx, sarsen, schist, scoria, scree,
   sedimentary rock, seed, semiprecious stone, serpentine, shaft,
   shake, shale, sheathe, shelly pahoehoe, shingle, shoot, shoot down,
   shoot to death, shotgun, shrine, siding, silence, slabstone, slate,
   slaty, sliver, snakestone, soapstone, souse, speck, spinel,
   spinel ruby, splinter, stab to death, stalactite, stalagmite,
   starstone, steatite, steel, steel plate, stela, stepping-stone,
   stepstone, stereotype, stew, stickpin, stinkstone, stone to death,
   strangle, strike dead, stupa, swack, tablet, talus, tarmacadam,
   testimonial, thatch, throw stick, throwing-stick, tiara, tile,
   tilestone, tiling, tipsify, tomb, tombstone, topaz, tope, torpedo,
   torque, touchstone, trap, traprock, trophy, tufa, tuff, turquoise,
   typeform, vaporize, veneer, waddy, wall in, wall up, walling,
   wallpaper, wampum, washboard, weatherboard, weed, whetstone,
   whitestone, wristband, wristlet, zincograph, zincotype

[5] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

stone
     structured and open environment fzi karlsruhe, germany
     
     

[6] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

stone
     
        a structured and open environment: a project supported by the
        german ministry of research and technology bmft to design,
        implement and distribute a see for research and teaching.
     
     

[7] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

stone
   stones were commonly used for buildings, also as memorials of
   important events gen. 28:18; josh. 24:26, 27; 1 sam. 7:12,
   etc.. they were gathered out of cultivated fields isa. 5:2;
   comp. 2 kings 3:19. this word is also used figuratively of
   believers 1 pet. 2:4, 5, and of the messiah ps. 118:22; isa.
   28:16; matt. 21:42; acts 4:11, etc.. in dan. 2:45 it refers
   also to the messiah. he is there described as "cut out of the
   mountain." see rock.
   
     a "heart of stone" denotes great insensibility 1 sam. 25:37.
   
     stones were set up to commemorate remarkable events, as by
   jacob at bethel gen. 28:18, at padan-aram 35:4, and on the
   occasion of parting with laban 31:45-47; by joshua at the
   place on the banks of the jordan where the people first "lodged"
   after crossing the river josh. 6:8, and also in "the midst of
   jordan," where he erected another set of twelve stones 4:1-9;
   and by samuel at "ebenezer" 1 sam. 7:12.
   
see also:
rock 

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

stone, id
  zip codes: 83280
stone, ky
  zip codes: 41567

[9] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

stone -- u.s. county in missouri
   population 2000:    28658
   housing units 2000: 16241
   land area 2000:     463.224255 sq. miles 1199.745263 sq. km
   water area 2000:    47.681883 sq. miles 123.495506 sq. km
   total area 2000:    510.906138 sq. miles 1323.240769 sq. km
   located within:       missouri mo, fips 29
   location:             36.714982 n, 93.457028 w
   headwords:
    stone
    stone, mo
    stone county
    stone county, mo

[10] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

stone -- u.s. county in mississippi
   population 2000:    13622
   housing units 2000: 5343
   land area 2000:     445.365748 sq. miles 1153.491942 sq. km
   water area 2000:    2.705208 sq. miles 7.006457 sq. km
   total area 2000:    448.070956 sq. miles 1160.498399 sq. km
   located within:       mississippi ms, fips 28
   location:             30.796000 n, 89.129526 w
   headwords:
    stone
    stone, ms
    stone county
    stone county, ms

[11] : U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)

stone -- u.s. county in arkansas
   population 2000:    11499
   housing units 2000: 5715
   land area 2000:     606.592101 sq. miles 1571.066263 sq. km
   water area 2000:    2.835784 sq. miles 7.344646 sq. km
   total area 2000:    609.427885 sq. miles 1578.410909 sq. km
   located within:       arkansas ar, fips 05
   location:             35.874106 n, 92.169912 w
   headwords:
    stone
    stone, ar
    stone county
    stone county, ar

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